Op-Ed

(Image: ©Heather Ault) Growing up, 39-year-old activist artist Heather Ault never imagined that people had been trying to control their fertility for more than 4000 years. The …

Occupy Wall Street, October 10. (Photo: DoctorTongs) A friend in Canada recently asked me if the Sixties’ protests had any important lessons to pass on to the …

Egyptians protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 1, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / The New York Times) “Imagine waking up from a 30-year coma.” This …

Washington - Here is a surefire way to cut $7.1 trillion from the deficit over the next decade. Do nothing. That's right. If Congress simply fails to …

New York - Occupy Wall Street may not occupy Zuccotti Park anymore, but it refuses to surrender its place in the national discourse. Up close, you get the sense …

When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose fathers didn't earn a living working in the bowels of a factory like my dad. …

The modern industrial lifestyle is predicated on oil. This notion is widely accepted in American society. Less so is the idea that oil supplies are depleting to the point …

(Image: Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Might we see Italy go careening off the edge in the next few days? I mean, even …

We know from the sad experience of Nazi Germany or Khmer Rouge Cambodia that it is possible for whole nations to become mentally ill, with horrendous consequences. At the …

As the Occupy Movement gains strength and garners worldwide support, the predominant anti-OWS tactic of authority is becoming clear: decimate as many Occupy camps as possible, in the hope …