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Our Nation, on Its Knees
My favorite part of the budget negotiations is when a glum-looking John Boehner — backed by the vulpine Eric Cantor, eyes blazing — steps in from of the cameras and accuses Barack Obama of “not negotiating in good faith." And he does it with a straight face....
This Year, Resolve to Love Your Body
After a month of gorging ourselves on gingerbread, stuffing ourselves with Christmas cookies, and washing it all down with so much eggnog that we have to ask Santa to bring us clothes in a larger size, we end our year with a final night of feasting and champagne. Then...
Wakeup Call for the Gun Business
Wall Street financial hucksters can be downright satanic in their pursuit of killer profits, but here's one that puts its hellishness right in its name: Cerberus Capital Management. In Greek mythology, "Cerberus" is the name of a 3-headed dog that guards the gates of...
The Dark Side of Corporate Research
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Of Cowardice and Connecticut
Tough laws stall To no avail, Risky guns Are still for sale. After the biggest massacre at an elementary school since 1927, President Barack Obama at first assured those of us in Connecticut that America needed to reconsider its gun laws. It was just that now isn't...
Daddy’s Philosophy
This special day got me to thinking about America's spirit of giving, and I don't mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves. Yes, we are a country of rugged individualists. Yet there's also a deep,...
Making Haste to Buy Stuff That Makes Waste
At long last, our dream has come true, freeing us from the drudgery that has oppressed so many people over the past 500 years or so — namely, having to use our hands to open a bottle of wine. Yes, the electric corkscrew is here, and just in the nick of time for that...
Donald Kaul Un-Retires Again
Editor's note: OtherWords sent this note to people who wrote us after Donald Kaul said he'd take a break from writing following a heart attack. If you would like to get on that list, please send a note to him too or just let us know with an email to...
This Week in OtherWords: Kaul Writes Again and Richardson Becomes Our Newest Weekly Columnist
He's back. This week in OtherWords, columnist Donald Kaul makes a surprise return to weigh in on the chilling Newtown shootings. Since he's still on the mend and says that life's just so much better without deadlines, my best advice to his many devoted fans is to...
Our Great Fiscal Opportunity
Could anything positive come out of the knock-down, drag-out fight over the deficit? The CEO leaders of a multi-million-dollar PR campaign think so — and the analysts at my progressive think tank agree — although for the opposite reasons. The "Fix the Debt" campaign,...
