To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Doctor Is Not In
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 […]
The Importance Of Independent Media
Government Pensions Face The Music
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 […]
Searching For Solutions To Global Warming In Africa
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 […]
Enter, Real Populists
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 […]