| Feb 13, 2013 | Rights / DemocracySarah Silverman is a great comedian — she makes many of us laugh, myself included. I admire her, not only because we need more mirth in the world, but because she’s an activist. Remember her “Great Schlep” ad in 2008 in which she urged Jewish...
| Feb 11, 2013 | Economy / BusinessDoes the name Dirk Kempthorne mean anything to you? He was a little-known Idaho politico before becoming George W. Bush’s industry-coddling secretary of the interior in 2006. While Dirk was not big on protecting our nation’s public lands and natural...
| Feb 6, 2013 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Jill Richardson explains what’s wrong with most of the roses that populate our Valentine’s Day bouquets, Don Kraus proposes a great Valentine for women everywhere, and Donald Kaul sizes up the latest inaction on gun control. This...
| Jan 30, 2013 | Food / Farming|RoundupThis week in OtherWords, we’re mixing food and politics. Wenonah Hauter skewers the government’s lackadaisical regulation of genetically engineered salmon, Jill Richardson calls for a fresh outlook on the relationship between weight and health, Jim...
| Jan 23, 2013 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Ron Carver puts today’s gun control debate into a personal and historical context, drawing on his experience on the front lines of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and research into what prompted the Founders to enshrine the right...
