| Aug 1, 2018 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingStrangely enough, sometimes industries want regulation. Obviously, this is not true of all (or perhaps even many) industries, and it’s certainly not true of all regulations. However, the organic food industry thrives on regulation — and for good reason. Organic...
| Jul 25, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThe Trump administration accidentally released documents showing that they intentionally underestimated the value of national monuments while emphasizing the land’s value for logging, ranching, and energy development. Oopsie. National monuments are federally...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyInsanity reigns. The inmates are now officially in charge of the national asylum. Hidebound Donald Trump partisans keep insisting that their man isn’t certifiably insane, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. But surely some of them finally must admit...
| Jul 18, 2018 | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedThis week, I thought I would write about food stamps and farmers markets. People on food stamps, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), receive their benefits on a card that can be read like a credit card. Crucial to allowing...
| Jul 17, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyWe Americans believe everyone has a right to have their day in court. Right? But what if the court is turned into a loony bin, making a mockery of justice? Welcome to the federal immigration courts that are struggling to deal with the insanity of Trump’s imperious...
