Our Nation, on Its Knees

Our Nation, on Its Knees

| Dec 26, 2012 | Economy / BusinessMy favorite part of the budget negotiations is when a glum-looking John Boehner — backed by the vulpine Eric Cantor, eyes blazing — steps in from of the cameras and accuses Barack Obama of “not negotiating in good faith.” And he does it with a straight face....
This Year, Resolve to Love Your Body

This Year, Resolve to Love Your Body

| | Food / FarmingAfter a month of gorging ourselves on gingerbread, stuffing ourselves with Christmas cookies, and washing it all down with so much eggnog that we have to ask Santa to bring us clothes in a larger size, we end our year with a final night of feasting and champagne. Then...
Wakeup Call for the Gun Business

Wakeup Call for the Gun Business

| | Economy / BusinessWall Street financial hucksters can be downright satanic in their pursuit of killer profits, but here’s one that puts its hellishness right in its name: Cerberus Capital Management. In Greek mythology, “Cerberus” is the name of a 3-headed dog that...
Of Cowardice and Connecticut

Of Cowardice and Connecticut

| | Peace / SecurityTough laws stall To no avail, Risky guns Are still for sale. After the biggest massacre at an elementary school since 1927, President Barack Obama at first assured those of us in Connecticut that America needed to reconsider its gun laws. It was just that now...