| Dec 23, 2013 | UncategorizedHere’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the United States is wringing its hands over a hokey cultural “crisis” cooked up by the faction itself, namely that liberals, atheists, humanists, and — God forbid...
| Dec 18, 2013 | Economy / BusinessI always agonize while compiling a list of the 10 greediest Americans of the year. Every holiday season, I find so many candidates deserving this distinction that bankers alone could fill this list. Or fast-food CEOs. Male masters of the universe again dominate this...
| Dec 11, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyWorld Bank economist Branko Milanovic does serious work. His explorations into global income distribution have won him a wide — and appreciative — audience in scholarly and policy-making circles the world over. But Milanovic isn’t always crunching data and...
| Dec 4, 2013 | Rights / DemocracySometimes you don’t have to say anything “new” to make news. Consider the “apostolic exhortation” the Vatican recently released. This statement from Pope Francis, observers note, didn’t really break new theological ground. But the...
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