| Feb 20, 2013 | Food / FarmingHave you taken your hounds fox hunting lately? You haven’t? Well, maybe you’ve gone to visit a friend’s estate in a horse and carriage? You haven’t done that either, have you? Most of the popular trends of 19th century British aristocracy are not the norm in 21st...
| | Economy / Business“In the wealthiest nation on Earth,” President Barack Obama declared in his State of the Union speech, “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.” Right! Not only does his call to raise America’s minimum wage put some...
| | Economy / BusinessWork my butt off Plain to see, Bootstraps are No help to me. Bridgeport — Connecticut’s largest city — is also my affluent state’s capital of poverty. Even though it’s part of the nation’s richest region, the rapidly rising number of children...
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| Feb 13, 2013 | Rights / Democracy|RoundupThis week in OtherWords, John Cavanagh explains why President Obama’s State of the Union address falls short, Ben Freeman says that scaling back the Pentagon’s budget isn’t just for progressives any more, and Donald Kaul skewers the latest Republican...