Opinion
Citigroup becomes its own self-serving lawmaker
Perhaps you recall from high school civics class that neat flow chart showing the beautiful democratic process for passing a law through Congress...
We can’t deny the similarities
It is dismaying how much Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are alike. That was the main theme at the 10th anniversary...
Letters 12/31: On the stimulus, the GOP and more
What to do? Contact lawmakers
Excellent suggestions for meaningful ways to beat pandemic boredom. (Re: “What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do,” Events, Dec....
Monitoring for invisible dangers
As communities across the country work to cut their emissions and ensure they are safe from environmental accidents, accurate testing of our air quality...
Designing for affordability
I recently read the opinion piece about “Welcoming more racial diversity through affordable housing” by Shane Czarnecki (Re: Guest Column, Dec. 24, 2020), and I...
’Tis the Season to defeat pipelines
The recent failure to issue the final permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made international news as...
The great flatulence of 2016
The Idea Fairy and I were nibbling on a new batch of edibles when there was a knock on the door.
It was Saul Alinsky.
“Saul,...
Stop the sex trade
(Re: “Slaves to Sex,” Cover story, Feb. 11.) Sex addiction provides an increasingly popular explanation as to why men buy women and girls for sex. Many professional therapists and their clients support this theory, perhaps in part because the therapists directly ...
Letters: 9/7/17
Remove Confederate statues
A great deal of public attention is being focused upon whether statues of Confederate leaders should be taken down or allowed to...
Will dark money defeat progressive change?
“The one-sided class war of the last 40 years is becoming two-sided,” leftwing philosopher Noam Chomsky recently declared. He is encouraged by the many...
Who needs Wall Street giants?
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and the other Wall Street behemoths that dominate American banking — who needs ‘em...












