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The Millennial Generation’s Literacy Crisis
Summer is a time of endings and beginnings. For most of the approximately 1.8 million people who just graduated from college, this season marks the end of at least 17 years of formal education and the launch of their careers. My career started a little sooner than...
Creeping out of the Foxhole
At long last Republican presidential hopefuls crept out of their foxholes, where they’d been cowering and maintaining radio silence, to attack Donald Trump. With one or two exceptions, the field went AWOL as Trump trashed immigrants, calling them drug runners and...
Blood from a Stone
Like many other proud Greek-Americans, I’ve visited the country of my ancestors many times over the years. I even lived in Athens for two years while working for the U.S. government. I recently returned to Athens for a week to help the Greek government draft a new...
Local Markets Nourish Families and Communities
If anyone's ever looking for me on a Sunday morning, they’d better head to the FreshFarm DuPont Circle Farmers' Market. I can’t resist the tables piled high with bright green lettuces, plump purple eggplants, and juicy peaches. There's fresh goat cheese, a wide...
Don’t Get Burned by Coal’s Demise
Stanford, Georgetown, and other universities are stripping coal stocks and bonds out of their endowments. Why? For starters, they don’t want to lose money. At least 200 U.S. coal-fired power plants have stopped operating since 2010, shrinking the total fleet by 40...
A Hidden Hand in Obesity
If you looked at me, you might not be able to tell that I'm obese. According to the measure of my Body Mass Index (BMI), I am. Slightly. I don't wear plus-sized clothing, I've only got one chin, and you wouldn't mind sitting next to me on an airplane. Most people who...
Rolling Up Some Common Sense with Willie Nelson
With marijuana prohibition finally ending in states and cities across the land — including full legalization in Alaska, Colorado, Washington State, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. — who could be better than my friend Willie Nelson to lead the way for weed quality and...
Bullhorn Politics
The Money Primary
The results of the first election of the 2016 presidential race are already in. It's the money primary, controlled not by voters, but by super-wealthy donors. In this exclusive election, Jeb is way out front of the GOP pack with a record haul of $100 million, while...
Christie Tells It Like It Isn’t
How exciting: Chris Christie put his name on the Republican presidential dance card. He’s No. 14. The big man from New Jersey entered the race with all the chutzpah and hullaballoo that's marked his five-and-a-half years as governor of the Garden State. In his...
