Op-Ed

Super Committee meeting. (Photo: sunlightfoundation / Flickr) The spectacle of Democrats and Republicans arguing about who is to “blame” for the “failure” of the “supercommittee” is certainly …

I'm a fossil fuel junkie. I drive a car and use electricity. My computer, TV, telephone, refrigerator, stove, lights, water and sewage all run on carbon-based energy.(1) All of …

(Photo: remis velisque / Flickr) Some lawmakers are trying to give America the cartoon image of a penniless hobo, circa 1932, with holes in his pants and …

(Photo: Ann Douglas / Flickr) I want to thank you, thank you Thank you, thank you, Thank you, thank you, Thank you, …

(Photo: freefotouk) Very soon now, I am going to slide my chair back from my desk and turn off this infernal machine. I am going to do …

(Photo: Lance Page / Truthout) Having served in the military for twenty years and having police officers and other civil servants in my family and among my …

One of the golden rules of etiquette is to avoid talking in polite company about politics, sex or religion. Some also add money. And a lot of people would …

Last week, just before Veterans Day, my seven-year-old son, a second grader at a public school on Kauai, brought home an issue of Scholastic News. The cover …

The emergence of what we know as Occupy Wall Street, or the 99 Percent Movement, has taken nearly everyone by surprise, producing a transformation of public consciousness. There is …

The big buzz on cable news this week is that the supercommittee failed when it couldn't come to a compromise on how to cut the federal budget by $1.5 …