Barnyard Sex Education

Barnyard Sex Education

In 2009, an interim Texas school superintendent declared that sex-education classes were unnecessary in his rural district. Most of the area’s school kids live on farms, he explained, therefore: “They get a pretty good sex education from their...
Making Death Less Painful

Making Death Less Painful

Spare me, Lord, From those who say That I need pain, Till my dying day. There’s no quick path to a new personal freedom. Whether it’s civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, reproductive rights, or the right to die with dignity, winning is not...
Anti-Government ‘Patriot’ Groups Ramp Up Again

Anti-Government ‘Patriot’ Groups Ramp Up Again

It’s déjà vu all over again. Twenty years ago, the passage of the Brady gun control bill helped ignite the first wave of the “Patriot” movement, a combustible mix of gun-toting militias and baseless conspiracy theories about government perfidy that...
This Week in OtherWords: Smart Government

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...