| Jan 11, 2010 | Environment / HealthBottled pollution. I know we’re a nation of inveterate consumers, but who would buy pollution in a bottle? Well, millions of Americans do, to the tune of $11 billion-worth a year. That’s the size of our bottled-water industry, dominated by such giants as...
| Jan 4, 2010 | Cartoon|Economy / Business
| | Economy / BusinessIt’s a good thing my long-haired calico Hyacinth can’t read the newspaper. Otherwise I’m sure she’d be deeply offended by all the recent headlines about “fat cats.” President Obama used the derogatory term in an interview on...
| | Peace / SecurityIn an effort to force Iran to give up its nuclear program, the House of Representatives recently approved legislation that would place sanctions on foreign companies providing that country with gasoline. If also passed into law by the Senate, these sanctions threaten...
| | Environment / HealthGood riddance to 2009: the recession, the Wall Street bailouts, the main street misery, and most of all the so-called health-care “debate.” Now that the debacle is mostly over, for better or worse, we’d best turn our attention to the one factor...
