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This Week in OtherWords: Smart Government
This week in OtherWords, Donald Kaul, William A. Collins, and I weigh in on sequestration, Elizabeth Rose calls for closing the gun show loophole, and Jim Hightower praises a GOP platform. Below, you'll find a clickable summary of our latest commentaries and a link to...
This Week in OtherWords: February 27, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Jo Comerford likens the imminent across-the-board budget cuts to a truck careening toward a brick wall and Jill Richardson explains what's wrong with an ingredient found in most liquid soaps that Americans use. Below you'll find links to our...
This Week in OtherWords: February 20, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Donald Kaul puts the brutality of drone warfare into historical context, Jill Richardson explains why you should compost and replace your lawn, and Jim Hightower says that a $9 minimum wage would still be too low. Below you'll find links to...
This Week in OtherWords: February 13, 2013
This week in OtherWords, John Cavanagh explains why President Obama's State of the Union address falls short, Ben Freeman says that scaling back the Pentagon's budget isn't just for progressives any more, and Donald Kaul skewers the latest Republican antics. Please be...
This Week in OtherWords: February 6, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Jill Richardson explains what's wrong with most of the roses that populate our Valentine's Day bouquets, Don Kraus proposes a great Valentine for women everywhere, and Donald Kaul sizes up the latest inaction on gun control. This is Kaul's...
This Week in OtherWords: January 30, 2013
This week in OtherWords, we're mixing food and politics. Wenonah Hauter skewers the government's lackadaisical regulation of genetically engineered salmon, Jill Richardson calls for a fresh outlook on the relationship between weight and health, Jim Harkness asks...
This Week in OtherWords: January 23, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Ron Carver puts today's gun control debate into a personal and historical context, drawing on his experience on the front lines of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and research into what prompted the Founders to enshrine the right to...
This Week in OtherWords: January 16, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Jill Richardson says that Beyoncé's high-profile association with Pepsi makes her unfit as a role model for Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign and Andrew Korfhage calls on President Obama to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Donald Kaul...
This Week in OtherWords: January 9, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Sam Pizzigati explains how the recent budget deal will benefit the richest Americans, Jill Richardson calls on President Obama to take decisive action on climate change during his second term in office, and Donald Kaul follows up on his Dec....
This Weekend in OtherWords: Donald Kaul Responds
As OtherWords readers know, Donald Kaul's first column in five months ran on Dec. 19. It was on gun control in the wake of the Newtown shootings and he wrote it in his usual satirical style. It's hard to pull off any kind of humor when it comes to the very un-funny...
