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Marching Toward Greater Inequality
Are America’s rich getting richer? Certainly. Every official yardstick shows that America’s most affluent are upping their incomes much faster than everyone else.
How Mitt Got His
What a blessing it is for Mitt Romney to serve as the Republican nominee for president.
Unmanly Drones
One Nation, Under the Gun
Following that dark opening-night screening of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado., it’s time to contemplate yet again why America’s troubled young men kill so many more people than their counterparts in the rest of the world’s more affluent nations.
Letters to the Editor: Readers Respond to Kaul’s Departure, Part II
Don’t quit now. We need your insights and opinions.
Shell-shocked Again, this Time because of Aurora
The night of Friday, July 20 was destined to make headlines — but never for this.
Letters to the Editor: Readers Respond to Kaul’s Departure
“Get well and keep us sensible folk in mind. The crazies are taking over. You have more great observations to make.”
—Ann Bevington
The Lineup: Week of July 23-29, 2012
This week’s OtherWords editorial package features the last Donald Kaul column we’ll run — either forever, or for a while. Don explains his indefinite hiatus in his own words, I pay tribute to him in my column, and Khalil Bendib’s cartoon celebrates his brilliant legacy.
Real Nowhere Men (and Women)
The Olympic Games can draw unexpected visitors. Remember the Jamaican bobsled team? This year, it’s the delegation from nowhere.
Green Scissors for Congress
When you’re in a hole, you stop digging. And when you’ve got a $1.3-trillion deficit and $15.7 trillion in debt, you’ve got to start cutting. That’s why we joined the environmental group Friends of the Earth and the free-market R Street Institute to forge “Green Scissors” that Congress could potentially use to snip nearly $700 billion from the nation’s bloated budget.
