We’re Watching a Great Depression Re-Run

We’re Watching a Great Depression Re-Run

The philosopher George Santayana wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Which is what we’re doing. I thought I’d found an isolated instance of that phenomenon the other day when I ran across quotes on the necessity...
Ditching ‘Rape Culture’ for Good

Ditching ‘Rape Culture’ for Good

Usually when I’m angry about something, my first instinct is to write. And while I’m furious about what happened to that 16-year-old girl in Ohio, I’m hesitant to lend more ink to the topic, because every additional word adds to the explosive media...
Obama’s Unethical End Run

Obama’s Unethical End Run

Back in 2010, President Obama declared: “I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests.” That was so 2010. By 2013, the mist of corporate money has fogged over Team Obama’s commitment to such...
One Nation, Without a Clue

One Nation, Without a Clue

There was a time when we had a Greatest Generation. That would be my parents’ generation. If you’re a mere stripling of 40 or 50 or so, it probably was your grandparents’ generation. You know the rap: They survived the Great Depression, won World War...
Standing Up to a Theoretical Threat

Standing Up to a Theoretical Threat

Strange things are happening in Washington. In the Senate, Rand Paul, the son of presidential candidate Ron Paul, recently proved himself a chip off the old blockhead by conducting a one-man filibuster. I’m not talking about the namby-pamby...