It’s Still Not Easy to Die Peacefully

Years of struggle, Joy and strife; Body’s done, But not my life. It’s been 25 years now since an AP poll revealed that a majority of Americans thought terminally ill patients should have the right to die. Assuming, of course, that they wanted to. Fat lot...

Confronting the Reality of Climate Change

It got so hot in downtown Los Angeles the other day that the thermometer broke. The National Weather Service’s device hit 113 degrees at about noon (the highest temp ever recorded in LA), then just quit. Climate change hawks were quick to seize on this as...
Save the Billionaires’ Tax Loophole

Save the Billionaires’ Tax Loophole

Look out. They’re angry. Foaming-at-the-mouth angry. And they’re lashing out, saying they won’t take it anymore. As one of their leaders angrily cried, “It’s a war.” Indeed–they’re on the move to take their country back....

Trim NASA Down to Size

Spacemen gambol In the sky, Burning taxes As they fly. President Barack Obama is surely on the right track in scratching our return to the moon and in dropping the Space Shuttle program. Ever since the triumphant moon landing, NASA’s manned space program has...

Hot Fudge Sundae Diet

If the Republican Party gets any nuttier, we’re going to have to lock it in the attic when company visits. It’s bad enough when Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are your Homecoming King and Queen, but in primary election after election this year they’re...