| Feb 18, 2015 | Environment / HealthWhat do the executives who run money-losing companies make? Millions of dollars if they’re coal overlords. Take Gregory Boyce. He’s pocketed more than $60 million over the past nine years while steering Peabody Energy into a ditch. Shares in Peabody, the world’s...
| Feb 11, 2015 | Environment / HealthBy framing measles vaccinations as a matter of choice, Senator Rand Paul made himself — along with all politicians who value individual liberty more than the common good — look silly. Bruce Jenner is sporting nail polish and a ponytail. If the Olympic gold medalist...
| | Economy / BusinessRepublican lawmakers have largely greeted President Barack Obama’s new spending plan as dead on arrival. But at least one provision has a chance of becoming law: a plan to tax the profits that large U.S. corporations have parked in offshore tax shelters and use that...
| Feb 4, 2015 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Miriam Pemberton identifies who can pull the Pentagon’s purse strings, Medea Benjamin explains why she’s no fan of Henry Kissinger, and Raul Reyes says that some of the Republican Party’s best friends are actually its worst enemies. Do you...
| | Peace / SecurityHere’s a quiz: Your boss gives you a budget. You ignore it and ask for more money than anyone in your position has ever spent. How long would you expect to keep your job? That’s basically the scenario that played out with the Obama administration’s recent budget...
