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Down the Opium Rathole Oct. 29, 2014
If you spent 13 years pounding money down a rathole with little to show for it, you might wake up on... Read More
What Ebola Can Teach Us Oct. 09, 2014
Even if Africa's Ebola emergency never mutates into a global catastrophe, those of us who live in th... Read More
May a Million Umbrellas Bloom Oct. 01, 2014
So many seemingly small moments reveal the heart of the protest unfolding in Hong Kong. Thousands of... Read More
Castro Valley Winery to Government: Crush Grapes, Not Vintners Sep. 21, 2014
"You'll never meet anyone who says, 'I want to be a millionaire. I think I'll start a winery,'" owne... Read More
Americans Sick of Government Regulation Aug. 20, 2014
Most Americans want government off their back. A whopping 59 percent say they'd like to send a "leav... Read More
Indian History Books Telling Hindu Nationalist Fairy Tales Jul. 31, 2014
According to the latest history books being ordered by the government of the Indian state of Gujarat... Read More
Clueless in Gaza: Another Example of How We Only Support Democracy Abroad When Their Elections Go Our Way Jul. 25, 2014
"Rarely has a president been confronted with so many seemingly disparate foreign policy crises all a... Read More
Was Cochran's Win Good for Blue America? Jul. 01, 2014
From the happy reports, you'd think that liberals had only to celebrate the tea party's recent Missi... Read More
Journalism On Trial in Egypt Jun. 26, 2014
Three journalists for the news channel Al-Jazeera, including one Australian national, were given pri... Read More
Slavery Reparations Jun. 18, 2014
Calls for slavery reparations have returned with the publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for ... Read More
Companies Like Uber Encourage Innovation and Improve Consumers' Lives May. 30, 2014
For people who've ever struggled to find a taxi, Uber is great news. If you're in a decent-sized cit... Read More
PTSD, Veterans and Mental Health May. 23, 2014
Q: Chuck, I know you're a big supporter of our military. With so many coming home with post-traumati... Read More
Will Detroit Be Healed by Searching for 'Subtle Racism'? May. 21, 2014
Just off of the James C. Lodge Freeway in Detroit is Eight Mile Road. The stretch near the freeway i... Read More
Who Owns Our Kids Anyway? May. 20, 2014
On Valentine's Day 2013, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families took into emergency c... Read More
Strange Brew
May. 14, 2014
Government Will Control You Before It Controls Climate May. 07, 2014
Ultimately, it will not matter if people in government cynically promote the theory that human activ... Read More
We're All Just Grenades In the Partisan Wars May. 02, 2014
It is hardly controversial to say that one of the big turnoffs about American politics is its discon... Read More
American Dreaming Apr. 30, 2014
Did you know that I started Facebook? Really! Well, sort of ... When I was in college at all-male P... Read More
In Richest US Community, 31 Percent Work for Government Apr. 23, 2014
Those who live in this nation's richest county and those who live its poorest have an important thin... Read More
Government-Forced Retirement at 57? Apr. 22, 2014
These words of Thomas Jefferson's are etched under the dome of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington:... Read More
