| Jan 16, 2012 | Environment / HealthI generally make New Year’s resolutions in hopes of becoming a better person — more disciplined, healthier, or, at the very least, less pathetic. Some of these resolutions last until nightfall. Some don’t. None ever sees February. This year,...
| | Economy / Business“USA: We’re No. 1!” Oh, wait — Iceland is No. 1. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right? Uh…no. But go on down the rankings and there we are! No. 27, fifth from the bottom. So our new national chant is, “USA: At Least...
| | Peace / SecurityCareful when You text your friend; Spooks are reading What you send. The FBI now employs 36,000 people and focuses ever more on dissenters. The CIA, supposedly prohibited from spying domestically, now stations agents in local police departments. Homeland Security may...
| Jan 9, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyYet another Republican ABM (Anybody But Mitt) candidate has experienced failure to launch. The Newt Gingrich rocket that seemed oh-so-formidable just a few weeks ago didn’t survive an avalanche of negative ads financed by stealth Romney money in Iowa. It crashed...
| | Rights / DemocracyIt’s a new year, at last. I say “at last” because 2011 was a rough ride, politically. Here’s a summary of the bigger bumps: non-stop Congressional gridlock, Donnie Trump’s short-lived presidential candidacy, the working-class depression,...
