| Dec 20, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week we bring you holiday tidings, warm and grim alike. On the grim end, there’s that tax bill that looks likely to pass this week. We’ve written about that extensively (see a bunch of our pieces here), so we’ll give the last word now to...
| Dec 13, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week saw Doug Jones beat Roy Moore, the accused serial sexual predator and GOP Senate candidate, in deep red Alabama. It was a narrow miss, but black voters and millennials helped Jones eek out a victory. Of course, it’s hard not to notice that a man also...
| Dec 6, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis past week, the Senate passed the GOP tax bill we’ve been railing against for weeks at OtherWords. (Clearly many senators need to read better op-eds.) This week, we pile on some more: Jim Hightower explains that this bill is really, really bad for you if you...
| Nov 22, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedAs you sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, do you wonder at all about what’s in the food you’re serving your family? There’s a good chance part of your spread includes GMOs with a side of pesticides. Some genetically modified foods may be beneficial,...
| Nov 15, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedAs a major tax overhaul moves closer to a vote in Congress, we’re taking another deep dive into what’s in it. This week in OtherWords, Chuck Collins says forget all the talk about “who wins” and “who loses” – that’s just fancy...
| Nov 8, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedAnother week, another mass shooting. And another round of desultory debate. This week in OtherWords, Jill Richardson observes that gun control would be a lot easier if law-abiding gun owners would lend a hand. And Khalil Bendib marks up that “well regulated...