| Jun 28, 2010 | Economy / BusinessUnemploymentStaying high,Our good jobsHave said goodbye. “Don’t believe everything you read in the papers,” Grandma said. We all learned that as kids, but sometimes we swallow dumb stuff anyway. Like now. We want to believe the economy is improving,...
| Jun 23, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyReaders tend to love or despise OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul. Here’s the latest on their letters. “I enjoy all your columns they publish in the (Biloxi, MS) Sun Herald, but this morning’s column was particularly enjoyable,” wrote Ms. Carole...
| Jun 21, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyAs the immigration debate rages on, I’ve been thinking about my own relationship with immigration. Growing up, I always thought of America as a destination. A place where most people, regardless of where they lived, wanted to be. My parents are from Nigeria, and...
| | Peace / SecurityTea party activists from coast to coast are trashing big government generally, and big government spending in particular. They tick off ways that they think the government should save money. Stop the bailouts. No more earmarks. Repeal health-care reform, even though...
| | Rights / DemocracyThe South has made more progress in providing children the opportunity to attend desegregated schools. Now, sadly, it’s also the region where re-segregation is growing fastest. When the Supreme Court issued its pivotal Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954,...
