| Jun 14, 2010 | Peace / SecurityEveryone wants America to be safe and secure. And our government has a wide array of tools for accomplishing that. We can use creative diplomacy to diffuse tensions. We can use foreign aid to tackle the problems of poverty and despair that make many people more...
| | Environment / HealthWhat I have seen during my visits to the Gulf of Mexico is shocking, horrifying, and heartbreaking. One bird, covered in oil, struggled again and again to take off from the water. It’s the kind of image you want to share, not because it’s beautiful, but...
| | Food / FarmingBruce Drinkman is a successful organic dairy farmer who milks 50 cows with his wife, Mari, near Glenwood City, Wisconsin. Despite his 34 years of experience, the two-year drop in milk prices and four years of drought have meant no profits or savings. Last fall they...
| | Rights / DemocracyTimothy Leary’s famous catchphrase was “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” I didn’t then. I’m not going to now. Way back in the 1960s, I held that my body was “a temple of God.” Thanks to my Christian beliefs, I wouldn’t...
| | Environment / HealthThe great question of the day is: Who is to blame for the BP oil disaster that’s dominating the news? There are many answers. Texas Governor Rick Perry, known as the conservative’s conservative, provided my favorite. He thinks God did it. At least he...
