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Happy Birthday, Social Security
Social Security, created by FDR in the midst of the Great Depression, recently turned 75.
Climate Currency
If the recent record-breaking temperatures and freak thunderstorms in Washington were nature’s way of telling Congress that climate change is real, it’s here, and it’s time to do something about it–it didn’t work.
Much Ado about Non-News Stories
The tea party tempest unleashed by the First Lady’s mid-summer vacation–only Marie Antoinette would have left her husband alone on his birthday, apparently–is a function of the August news cycle.
See Newt Run
Oh, please, Santa Claus, please! Please give us the political gift that keeps giving: Newt Gingrich.
Icarus Inc.
The Lineup: Week of August 30-September 5, 2010
The latest OtherWords editorial package includes an op-ed by Kevin Shih regarding CEOs who unnecessarily slash jobs–a practice that earns them outrageous compensation and harms our economy–and a Labor Day op-ed by AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Care
The glacial progress toward equality for gay Americans offers some revealing looks at our society. One is the weakening hold of religion, Roman Catholicism in particular. Until recently church bias against homosexuals was plainly understood, unspoken, unchallenged, and accepted.
Rotten Egg Farming
The vast Iowa egg recall is terrifying. So far, half a billion eggs are involved. Who knows how many we have already eaten? Our health authorities say about 1,300 Americans have gotten salmonella from them so far.
The Lineup: Week of August 23-29, 2010
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Fatherless Children
You know things aren’t going well when your life story turns into romantic comedies. I guess it beats tragedies, but still…
