| Mar 20, 2019 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyI think we, as a nation, have a problem with how we discuss money and public policy. Let me compare it to household finances, since that is something everyone can relate to. Imagine you have $100. You have choices on how to spend it. You could save it or invest it....
| Mar 19, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthPaper receipts are a habitual end to retail transactions. But their usefulness is questionable — they can be tossed out within minutes of being printed, or go on to line the bottoms of our bags and wallets. In an increasingly digital world, it may seem that...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedWhen Zion Williamson’s foot broke through the sole of his Nike shoe on February 20th, the sporting world stood still. The consensus number one player in college basketball was playing in the biggest game of the season — North Carolina versus Duke — and suffered...
| Mar 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingHow’re you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen… Angus? Not the cattle breed, but the 1,000-pound “farmer of the future.” Angus is a robot, toiling away on an indoor hydroponic farm that’s soilless as well as soulless. Programmed by a...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyUsually I don’t look to sitcoms for wisdom, but the new season of One Day at a Time has a real gem (or many, actually, but here is one). The family lives in California, where marijuana is legal, both recreationally and medicinally. The mother catches the teenage son...
| Mar 12, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor decades, majorities of Americans have favored swift, meaningful action on climate change. They understand that we must transition away from dirty fuels and toward clean, renewable energy. Yet despite this overwhelming support, Congress has repeatedly failed to...
