| Oct 18, 2010 | Environment / HealthYears of struggle, Joy and strife; Body’s done, But not my life. It’s been 25 years now since an AP poll revealed that a majority of Americans thought terminally ill patients should have the right to die. Assuming, of course, that they wanted to. Fat lot...
| Oct 11, 2010 | Environment / HealthIt got so hot in downtown Los Angeles the other day that the thermometer broke. The National Weather Service’s device hit 113 degrees at about noon (the highest temp ever recorded in LA), then just quit. Climate change hawks were quick to seize on this as...
| Oct 4, 2010 | Environment / HealthThe Great Recession may be officially over but the United States is stuck in a prolonged economic crisis, with joblessness hovering around 10 percent. Millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans are fed up. They want jobs. But many lawmakers are reluctant to...
| | Environment / HealthBP is everywhere in the media vowing “We will make it right.” Pardon my skepticism, but BP has a long and dishonorable history of greenwashing, even prior to its Deepwater Horizon disaster. Remember BP’s highly touted rebirth a few years ago as...
| | Environment / HealthSome members of Congress complain that they have a really tough job. Also, they say their hard work is not appreciated by the public and that they’re really not paid enough. Well, not to worry, Congresspeople, for I have the perfect cure for your job grievances:...
| Sep 27, 2010 | Environment / HealthMoments of crisis offer two options: You can respond out of fear by hunkering down, arming yourself, and planning to shoot anyone that comes near your end-of-days outpost. Or you can embrace a smarter option by banding together and taking creative action toward a...
