| Sep 9, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyA New York Times obituary for Julian Bond, the civil rights icon who passed away this August, described the late leader as a “persistent opponent of the stubborn remnants of white supremacy.” Remnants? Hardly. Notwithstanding the hard-won gains of the 1960s, race...
| | Peace / SecurityMy immediate reaction to James Holmes’s 2012 shooting rampage at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater was twofold: horror and incomprehension. Who in their right mind could do such a thing? Who in their “right mind,” indeed. This summer, a jury found Holmes...
| | Environment / HealthMost of us care about conservation, at least a little. But sometimes we miss the forest for the trees — or in this case, the AC. Take the hostel I recently stayed at in California. All the lights in the hostel were compact fluorescents — those energy-efficient coils...
| | UncategorizedFor today’s report, I have a bunch of statistics for you. Where are you going? Come back here and sit still while I drill these stats into your head! I realize that numbers can numb the brain, but this is a good story, and I promise that these statistics are...
| Sep 8, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyYou know your presidential campaign is in a heap of hurt when you need Tom Perkins to defend your “abilities, intellect, and talent.” But there Perkins was in The New York Times recently, having bought a full-page ad attesting to the presidential...
