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A Nation Divided; A Call to Action
Photo courtesy of the Associated Press The past several weeks have seen a sad and all-too-familiar scene replayed in American society -- the senseless killing of a young man of color at the hands of a...
View ArticleFighting to Give You a Raise
This past Labor Day, President Barack Obama once again reminded us why Congress must increase the federal minimum wage. In America, the land of opportunity, no one who works 40 hours per week should be...
View ArticleDivorce, European Style
"All happy families are alike," Leo Tolstoy wrote at the beginning of Anna Karenina. "Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Imagine, as Lenin liked to do, that a country is a marriage of...
View ArticleA New U.S. Strategy for the Aftermath of the Gaza War
Israel and Hamas engaged in one of the longest wars in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict this summer. The fundamental problem, which caused the war and all its destruction, is that Hamas is a...
View ArticleUnleashing American Optimism
I recently read an opinion piece by Frank Bruni in the New York Times in which he states, "[America is] a country surrendering to a new identity and era, in which optimism is quaint and the frontier...
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Oil Is Back!
A Global Warming President Presides Over a Drill-Baby-Drill America Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Considering all the talk about global warming, peak oil, carbon divestment, and renewable energy,...
View ArticleGas in Tanks and Cows in Clouds
Whatever you may imagine, "peak oil" has not been discredited as a concept, a statement no less true for "peak fossil fuels." Think of them instead as postponed. We are, after all, on a finite planet...
View ArticleThe Abdication of the Press, and the Harm it Does American Democracy
I have claimed that America now faces one of the most profound crises in its history, but unlike with the other major crises, this time our national conversation has not focused on discussing what's...
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The Origins -- And the Price -- of My Accidental Manifesto for Children's...
Liza Long's essay, "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother," went viral in the wake of the Newtown tragedy in December, 2012. The following is an excerpt from her new book, The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective...
View ArticleNetanyahu's Tactical Use of U.S. 'Strategic' Dialogue
This just in... Yuval Steinitz, Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs, will be leading what he calls a "very large" delegation to Washington next week, ostensibly to lobby against the nuclear deal...
View ArticleIt's OK for the Rich to Get Richer If the Money Comes from Government
Rampant hypocrisy: it's why many Americans are repulsed by politics. People are turned off by the "do as I say, not as I do" style of politician. But this kind of politician is everywhere, and so is...
View ArticleOBAMA
While the line of critics of Obama's Presidency has been growing, the evidence of his success as President has become clearer and more secure despite the colossal frustrations and disappointments, even...
View ArticleEverybody Has an Opinion About What Obama Should Do
It seems like everybody has an opinion on world affairs and what this President should or should not do. Arm chair diplomats seem to be everywhere. In fact, every Tom, Dick and Harry is now an expert...
View ArticleGuns in America: Will We Ever Get Beyond Knee Jerk Lawmaking?
Despite how it's played up in the media, public safety is a universal societal good that all people have more in common on than the divisiveness lobbyists and pundits care to admit. What's important...
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What Should NATO Do -- And Not Do -- in Ukraine
The Russian invasion of the Ukraine is yet another terrifying chapter in Putin's attempts to destroy his neighbors. So what should NATO do? Russia's invasion of the Ukraine is following a time-honored...
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New "Food Insecurity" Figures Show Recovery Has Yet to Reach Many
Some 14.3 percent of the nation's households were "food insecure" in 2013, meaning they had difficulty affording adequate food at some point during the year, today's Agriculture Department (USDA)...
View ArticleWhy Prison Reform Is Good for All of Us
Suggest that the way to end recidivism is to reform the prison system, and you might be accused of caring more about criminals than the crimes they commit. It's happened to me. Often when I write or...
View ArticleYour House Is On Fire!
Imagine if the house you and your family lived in was falling apart in a hundred different ways. A family meeting has been called to try and save the house, because it has a great location and you...
View ArticleWe Are the Koch Sisters
You've heard of the multibillion-dollar political colossus known as the Koch Brothers. No matter where you live in America, their corporate cash has flooded your airwaves, showed up on your doorstep or...
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