| Jun 24, 2015 | Economy / BusinessWhen Pope Francis unveiled his letter to the world about how we must stop trashing the planet, he nearly broke the Internet. The pithy document included hundreds of zingers, including this line: “Whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the...
| | Peace / SecurityThe recent mass murder of worshippers in an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina raises troubling questions for all Americans. First among them: How could this have happened? I think the answer to that one is easy. We live in a heavily armed society....
| Jun 18, 2015 | Environment / HealthPope Francis just released an “encyclical,” a fancy word for a sort of intimate letter that is meant to serve as a guide to understanding our personal relationship to some of the most complex issues of the day through religious doctrine. This particular encyclical is...
| Jun 17, 2015 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Jill Richardson skewers feeble efforts by McDonald’s to burnish its brand and I point out that world leaders — aside from Pope Francis — aren’t as bold as they sound on climate change. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the...
| | Environment / HealthAfter a quarter-century of buzz over global warming, the climate talkers are at it again, doing whatever it is they do. Visitors to the next big climate change summit, in an act of glorious irony, will pack Paris-bound jets flown by Air France — one of the meeting’s...
