| Dec 13, 2010 | Roundup|UncategorizedIn this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Anupama Joshi and Robert Gottlieb weigh in on the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which President Obama signed into law this morning, quipping “Had I not been able to get this bill passed, I would be sleeping on...
| | Economy / BusinessAs a critic of runaway CEO pay, I have a lot of scars from debates I’ve done on cable TV business shows. But my most memorable pummeling was in August 2007, when I nearly got my head bitten off for criticizing Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo on the CNBC...
| | Environment / HealthCritical issues demand high levels of dialogue that political debate seldom provides. For instance, the profound legislative step forward of health care reform has been pounded with shallow, misleading attacks. There may be honest questions about plan’s specifics, but...
| | Food / FarmingThanks to the tireless efforts of thousands of people who are working hard to get America’s schools to serve healthier food, including First Lady Michelle Obama, the $4.5 billion “Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act 2010” prevailed in the lame-duck session...
| | Environment / HealthEnvironmentalists are ready to defend our country’s coastlines and wild places from a new Congress with the same old energy policy: Drill, baby, drill. Despite the lessons of the BP oil disaster, the Republicans who will soon control a House of Representatives...
