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My Broken Heart
I celebrated the Fourth of July this year by having a heart attack. All things considered, watching fireworks would have been more fun.
Donald Kaul’s Breather
Donald Kaul’s latest column is also his last — either forever or until he changes his mind.
Tomato Tampering
Food geneticists, for example. These technicians have the smarts to tinker with the inner workings of Momma Nature’s own good foods — but not the smarts to leave well enough alone.
Donald Kaul Signs Off
Healing Mother Nature’s Wounds
America’s rare environmental victories often earn headlines. They might involve the successful blocking of a dangerous pipeline, a new mercury standard for coal, or perhaps the signing of a hard-fought pact to limit overfishing.
Romney Passes the Buck
Because Bain Capital did things between 1999 and 2002 that Mitt Romney doesn’t want to defend — such as exporting American jobs — Romney claims that its outsourcing program wasn’t his doing. He says he played no “active role” in deciding on Bain’s investments after 1999. But even if we take Romney at his word, does that mean he bears no responsibility for what his company did?
The Lineup: Week of July 16-22, 2012
Jim Hightower celebrates the growing success of locally brewed beer.
Economic Rapture Might Be around the Corner
The 2011 fiscal year ended with a $1.3-trillion deficit. How did America go from a state of “burgeoning federal surpluses” (in Greenspan’s words in 2001) to “extraordinary financial crisis” (the way he put it in 2010) in just one decade? Two words suffice: tax cuts.
We Can’t Put a Price on Nature
A group of international scientists says that the earth is dangerously close to its tipping point of irreversible damage. Clearly, we need a way out of the mess we’ve made of the planet.
The ‘Freedom’ to Refuse Health Insurance
The right to refuse to have health insurance — something Republican leaders tout as a fundamental freedom — is a lot like the “right” to sleep under bridges. No one wants to exercise it.
