Rights and Democracy
Corporate-Sponsored Inauguration
A Newsworthy Investment
Let us address the declining fortunes of today's mainstream mass media. (Yes, I can hear your pained screams of "Nooooo…we don't want to!" However, we really must, because it's not about them, but us — about our ability to be at least quasi-informed about...
The Magic of Privatizing Public Schools
The Public School Business
As the latest round of data culled from tests taken by schoolchildren around the world showed yet again, kids in Finland, South Korea, and other countries are outscoring our kids. Overall, we're ranked No. 17. Our schoolchildren perform worse overall than they should...
The Dark Side of Corporate Research
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Daddy’s Philosophy
This special day got me to thinking about America's spirit of giving, and I don't mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves. Yes, we are a country of rugged individualists. Yet there's also a deep,...
Donald Kaul Un-Retires Again
Editor's note: OtherWords sent this note to people who wrote us after Donald Kaul said he'd take a break from writing following a heart attack. If you would like to get on that list, please send a note to him too or just let us know with an email to...
Funding our Future
It's not just about the bird. When Mitt Romney declared in the first presidential debate that if he were elected he would cut funding for Big Bird, he really meant he'd take the knife to the whole kit and kaboodle. His policy platform called for the total elimination...
Michigan Bucks Democracy
Michigan is no longer a state. It is now "Michiganistan," an autocratic czardom in the hands of Emperor Rick Snyder. Formerly the Republican governor, Snyder has been enthroned by the GOP's lame-duck, legislative supermajority to rule with an iron fist — democracy,...
Michigan’s Right-to-Shirk Law
About half of the nation's states are now enforcing corporate servitude measures like the "right-to-work" bill that Michigan's lame-duck legislature and conservative governor just rushed into law. These misleadingly named laws make it harder, if not impossible, to run...
