The Great Fountain-Pen Robbery

The Great Fountain-Pen Robbery

Even the word “greed” isn’t negative enough to characterize the all-out assault on workers by today’s corporate elite. From offshoring jobs to busting unions, and from slashing wages to looting pensions, avaricious executives and wealthy investors...
In OtherWords: April 22, 2015

In OtherWords: April 22, 2015

This week in OtherWords, I debunk an argument against fossil fuel divestment by pointing out that it can boost financial gains and Khalil Bendib chimes in with a related dinosaur cartoon. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from OtherWords?...
The Hairball That Gagged a Fracker

The Hairball That Gagged a Fracker

Imagine a political campaign against environmentalists that’s so negative, so ridiculously slanted and downright dirty, that it actually repulsed executives of some of America’s biggest fracking corporations. It’s got to take a big wad of ugly to gag...
In OtherWords: April 15, 2015

In OtherWords: April 15, 2015

This week in OtherWords, Donald Kaul weighs in on Hillary Clinton’s White House bid and Mary Alice Crim explains why the latest Comcast merger would be bad for everyone, especially communities of color. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from...
Making Science History

Making Science History

We’ve all seen those touchy-feely TV ads with baby deer, butterflies, and sylvan streams — claiming that some big corporate polluter is nature’s best friend. There’s a word for such hokum: greenwashing. Leave it to the Koch brothers, however, to...