| Jun 25, 2014 | Peace / SecurityFrom 1776 forward, Americans have opposed having soldiers do police work on our soil. But in recent years, Pentagon chiefs have teamed up with police chiefs to circumvent that prohibition. How? By militarizing police departments. Through the little-known...
| Jun 18, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyImagine we had a brazen and powerful gang stealing trillions of dollars from the American people. Then imagine that our law enforcement folks knew the identities of every one of that gang’s ringleaders. Wouldn’t it be great if the government of the United...
| | Peace / SecurityWhoa, that was close. The National Rifle Association nearly shot itself in the foot recently with a common-sense editorial it posted online. The group of rootin’-tootin,’ bullet-spittin,’ doctrinaire, guns-everywhere extremists finally saw something...
| | Food / FarmingA cartoon drawn by Marty Bucella going around Facebook these days depicts an overweight man on a scale with his doctor. “No, it’s not water,” the doctor says. “You seem to be retaining food.” That was me. Yes, it’s true, I write...
| | Economy / BusinessTreasury Secretary Jack Lew comes across as somewhat optimistic about the rather lackluster national economy. “Evidence continues to mount that our economy is gaining traction,” Lew recently said. “Nevertheless, we cannot escape the fact that...
