To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Prosecutorial Misconduct
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Corruption is a bad thing wherever you find it, and no profession or institution, from churches on Main Street to banks on Wall Street, is immune. You’ve got people who abuse the trust of shareholders and people who abuse the trust of voters; you’ve got cops who abuse their badges and professors […]
GOP Plan For Medicare Is Not Nice
BY FROMA HARROP The House Republican plan for balancing budgets includes deep cuts in federal health care spending. It is honest but not nice. It’s not nice at all. Give the blueprint’s author, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, credit for this: He bravely goes where the big money is – Medicare, the popular government health […]
The 27% Solution
BY SUSAN ESTRICH I’ve joined a new and growing minority. In fact, in New York City, we are practically a majority [about 47%], although nationally, we stand at 27%. We’re the people who live alone. Now, in my case, I’m not really alone. Every night when I come home, I am greeted by the most […]
It’s Not All The Same
BY SUSAN ESTRICH “Me, too,” says the girl who was raped when she was barely old enough to know the word. “Me, too,” says the young woman who gets catcalls every day as she twirls her umbrella on the way to work. “Me, too,” says the woman who sleeps with the boss to keep her […]
Deficit Of Truth
What Republicans Hope You Don’t Know – And Never Find Out BY JOE CONASON Listening to Republicans in Congress wailing incessantly about our spendthrift culture raises a nagging question: What would they do, besides talking, if they actually wanted to reduce federal deficits and, eventually, the national debt? First, they would admit that President Barack […]
