| Nov 14, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyYou know it’s a good election night when Karl Rove throws a hissy fit on national television. It came just after 11pm, when the man known as George W. Bush’s “architect” heard a TV network declare Obama the winner in Ohio. This wasn’t...
| Nov 7, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyIt was the nail-biter that wasn’t…not even close.By just after 11,the GOP gave up the ghost. Turns out voters are smart —they knew just what to do.They knew who was for manyand who was for few. The tea party is over,the real work is at hand.And we...
| Nov 6, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyOnce upon a time there were at least nine Republicans running for president. It turns out that almost every Republican in the country thought that Tim Pawlenty would be a pretty good president. Indeed, he was everyone’s second choice. But everyone had one other...
| | Rights / DemocracyLess than two weeks after Halloween, many Americans may wind up casting their ballots on haunted voting machines. When they enter voting booths, millions of citizens in Texas, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia, along with a few counties in the...
| Oct 31, 2012 | Rights / Democracy|RoundupIt’s a relief to keep the OtherWords editorial service running on schedule when so little is going as planned. At my house, we just had an unexpected four-day weekend and a downed fence. And our little ladybug and cop trotted back to school in time to celebrate...
| | Rights / DemocracyWhen Martha Wright’s grandson went to prison more than 20 years ago, she learned a stark lesson about the cost of maintaining ties with a family member who is incarcerated. Beyond the isolation and deep wound of being separated from a loved one, there’s...
