BY VERN TURNER Another day, another scandal, another portrayal of incompetence and outright madness ... That is the state of affairs in the government of...

BY FROMA HARROPIt was certainly no slip of the tongue when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cut a small group of her party’s radicals to size. “All these people have the public whatever and their Twitter world,” she told The New York Times. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people, and that’s how many […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Farm Aid, the top-notch group of researchers and advocates who've tracked family farm issues for nearly 34 years, reports that just two...

BY FROMA HARROPA terrible thought, but suppose the planet were to heat up by 2 degrees Celsius – the level past which environmental damage would be catastrophic. It would also be wildly expensive. That much warming could cost the global economy $69 trillion by 2100, according to a study by Moody’s Analytics.The consulting firm breaks […]

BY GARY EDMONDSON For nearly 50 years, I have remembered my number. What number, you ask? Ah, you’re showing your youth – and my age. After years...