| Jan 16, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyA new fad is sweeping across America’s university campuses — and it’s seriously goofy. This latest craze is not led by students making a cultural statement, but by top administrators trying to make a corporate one. It’s called...
| | Economy / BusinessSure, I’ll move My business here; Whisper tax breaks, In my ear. There’s a certain political irony surrounding WWE, that unrivaled producer of violence and misogyny for fun and profit. As a significant employer with 700 workers here in otherwise dowdy...
| Jan 9, 2013 | Economy / BusinessWho won the New Year’s Eve budget standoff? In one sense, everyone scored a “victory.” The deal that Congress eventually blessed includes scores of provisions. Most Americans can point to at least one that works to their financial favor. But the real...
| | Environment / HealthMuch of the nation is still suffering the worst drought in half a century, which began in 2012. Consumers are just now beginning to feel its effects in the form of higher food prices. Texas suffered another catastrophic drought in 2011. Full recovery from Superstorm...
| | Economy / BusinessHe did it. Unfortunately. Sadly. Disappointingly. President Barack Obama, reversing his own honorable precedent for his first inaugural, has chosen this time to have corporations pay for his second round of big shindigs. This multimillion-dollar infusion of corporate...