| Nov 20, 2019 | RoundupAs a cavalcade of witnesses testify about the president’s apparent abuse of his office for private political gain, cartoonist Khalil Bendib thinks we’ve gotten dangerously close to that “Fifth Avenue” scenario candidate Trump described back in...
| | Economy / BusinessRalph Waldo Emerson once wrote of being leery of a fast-talking huckster who visited his home: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons,” Emerson quipped. Likewise, today’s workaday families should do a mass inventory of their...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Is Trump a racist?” I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityIf you’re following the presidential race, you’ve heard plenty of sniping about Medicare for All and whether we can afford it. But when it comes to endless war or endless profits for Pentagon contractors, we’re told we simply must afford it — no questions asked....
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedOne in seven Americans say they use CBD products, according to Gallup. The rising popularity of these products — which range from oils and gummies to topical salves and most everything in between — is staggering, especially when one considers that much of the public...
