| Apr 17, 2013 | Peace / SecurityYes, I know I said I wasn’t going to write any more columns on gun control, largely because the exercise is: Futile. A waste of time. Unproductive. But with Congress taking up the issue again and Washington awash with hypocrisy amid rumors of progress, it is a...
| Apr 10, 2013 | Food / FarmingAs this spring began, another branch in the biotech giant Monsanto’s sweep around any meaningful regulation of its products burst into bloom. Monsanto and its fellow “Big Six” pesticide and biotech companies — Syngenta, Dupont, Bayer, BASF, and Dow...
| Mar 20, 2013 | Economy / BusinessIt was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. In a single week, the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs unveiled their budgets for the 2014 fiscal year. According to Democrats, Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget was an unmitigated disaster that would...
| | Economy / BusinessApparently, Rep. Paul Ryan missed the outcome of last November’s presidential election. Oh, wait — wasn’t he on the ballot in that election as Mitt Romney’s running mate? Well, yes, but less than five months later, the Wisconsin Republican seems to...
| Mar 13, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyStrange things are happening in Washington. In the Senate, Rand Paul, the son of presidential candidate Ron Paul, recently proved himself a chip off the old blockhead by conducting a one-man filibuster. I’m not talking about the namby-pamby...
