| Feb 7, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyLaurie Kittle of Springfield, Missouri really gets Donald Kaul’s sense of humor. In response to his hilarious Destroy Our Future column, she published this letter to the editor in the Springfield News-Leader. It began by providing him with a “sweet scented...
| Nov 28, 2011 | Peace / SecurityWhile members of Congress waste time naming post offices and devising ways to get seniors to pay for billionaires’ tax breaks through cuts in Medicare and Social Security, other important business is slipping through the cracks. Specifically, if Congress...
| Sep 19, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyAfter suffering through several un-presidential GOP debates, I’m struck by the amount of anti-woman rhetoric spewing from the candidates. Although none of them dares utter the W word — unless it’s part of the phrase “our men and women in...
| Jul 25, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyAmericans realize that our rights and liberties depend on having a system of justice that we can trust. We know we should be able to show up in court to contest anything from a parking ticket to felony and make our case — whether we’re rich or poor. But...
| May 30, 2011 | Economy / BusinessMy entire working life, roughly 50 years, I’ve been hearing the same old excuses for women not advancing in corporate America. Two are dominant: “we can’t find qualified women,” and “just wait until the pipeline gets filled and things...
