| Dec 26, 2012 | Food / FarmingAfter a month of gorging ourselves on gingerbread, stuffing ourselves with Christmas cookies, and washing it all down with so much eggnog that we have to ask Santa to bring us clothes in a larger size, we end our year with a final night of feasting and champagne. Then...
| | Economy / BusinessWall Street financial hucksters can be downright satanic in their pursuit of killer profits, but here’s one that puts its hellishness right in its name: Cerberus Capital Management. In Greek mythology, “Cerberus” is the name of a 3-headed dog that...
| | Peace / SecurityTough laws stall To no avail, Risky guns Are still for sale. After the biggest massacre at an elementary school since 1927, President Barack Obama at first assured those of us in Connecticut that America needed to reconsider its gun laws. It was just that now...
| Dec 19, 2012 | Peace / SecurityI’m glad I retired five months ago. Think of it: I was spared writing about the presidential election, an event so vacuous it made reality TV seem interesting. If there was any serious discussion of an important national issue — global warming, our obesity...
| | Food / Farming“What are your Christmas traditions?” I asked the family I was staying with in Kenya earlier this year while doing some research. I wondered whether Kenyans decorated Christmas trees or awaited Santa Claus like American children do. My host’s...
