Opinion
The agonizingly slow pace of a fast food giant
The appeal of fast food chains has not been their food (mostly fat, salty, sugary, empty-calorie blah), but their speed...
Millionaire lawmakers can rise above their financial handicap
Mark Twain spoke for me when he said: “I’m opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position...
Letters: 1/7/16 issue
Let there be peace
On Oct. 7, 2001, the United States began an attack on Afghanistan. It was billed as the “global war on terrorism.”
Is...
Keeping score on Exxon
Now, let’s check today’s sports scores: 4, 10.7 and 21-and-a-half...
Supreme Court gives McCain-Feingold a thumpin’
The Wall Street Journal’s story about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the ban on corporate and union campaign spending in federal elections contained a detail that the New York Times story managed to overlook...
The ‘Beckinization’ of the far right
Perhaps you thought that, surely, the far right wing in American politics couldn’t get any nuttier. If so, you clearly hadn’t factored in Glenn Beck...
Pop goes our anti-poppy policy
Recently, I found myself humming the Old Beatles song Poppy Fields Forever...
