| Dec 19, 2012 | Peace / SecurityA movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. A Sikh Temple in Wisconsin. A shopping mall in Oregon. A political event outside a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. The streets of big cities like Chicago. And now an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. When will the madness...
| | 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...
| Feb 27, 2012 | Economy / BusinessI’ve got jobs To plunk on down; Pay me bucks To pick your town. These days, companies often prefer to build factories in states where union protections are weak. This enables them to increase company profits at the expense of the middle class. Otherwise, they do...
| Jan 9, 2012 | Environment / HealthTerrorists May worry you; But our big foe Is CO2. Rats. I’d been counting on climate change. By some genetic quirk, my Scandinavian-bred body has always suffered badly from the cold. It’s a good thing that my grandfather settled near New York City rather...
| Jan 2, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyAsk anyone. I pride myself on being seldom surprised, shocked almost never. 2011, however, called my cool into question. I was nothing but shockingly surprised all year. Take Barack Obama, particularly since the 2010 Congressional election or, as I like to call it,...
