BY SUSAN ESTRICH Not long ago, a close friend called me with an unusual request. She and her husband were looking for a new doctor to take care of them. What made it unusual was that they’d had the same doctor for years – decades, actually. What happened to “J,” I asked. Did I miss […]

BY GENE POLICINSKI The real value of a free press in American life is being demonstrated dramatically these days, from the Gulf of Mexico to...

BY FROMA HARROP Very few of my friends in their 40s talk about their impending retirements, but every last one of them works for government, be it local, state or federal. That’s because they can collect plush pensions at tender ages that other workers can only dream about. Health coverage is often part of the […]

BY JOE CONASON DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – What would the wealthy nations of the West [and their rising rivals in the East] do if they actually wanted to prevent catastrophic warming? Here in Africa, the obvious answer is that they would find the ways and means to discourage deforestation – the ruinous practice of […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Few people today call themselves populists, but I think most are. I’m not talking about the recent political outbursts by confused, used and abused tea-bag ranters who’ve been organized by corporate front groups to spread a hatred of government. Rather, I mean the millions of ordinary Americans in every state who’re battling […]