| Apr 22, 2015 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, I debunk an argument against fossil fuel divestment by pointing out that it can boost financial gains and Khalil Bendib chimes in with a related dinosaur cartoon. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from OtherWords?...
| | Peace / SecurityI couldn’t find a hotel room in Nashville when I visited for my brother’s wedding. Maybe that was for the best. I had a longer commute to the clearing in the woods where the wedding would happen the next day, but at least I kept a safe distance from the NRA’s...
| | Rights / DemocracyAll of us would like to live in a world where people always do the right thing — without anybody looking over their shoulder. But that world doesn’t exist and never will. So every society on our planet has penalties. You break the rules, you pay a price. But penalties...
| | Economy / BusinessAs Earth Day approached, fossil-fuel divestment actions rattled college campuses large and small. Targets ranged from Harvard University’s $36-billion endowment to the University of Mary Washington’s $46-million nest egg. That’s only natural: Students, professors, and...
| Apr 15, 2015 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Donald Kaul weighs in on Hillary Clinton’s White House bid and Mary Alice Crim explains why the latest Comcast merger would be bad for everyone, especially communities of color. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from...
