Steering Clear of the Iceberg Ahead
It’s time for Congress to get real.
Why We Need the Food from Family Farms Act
Had Congress heeded our advice, farmers and taxpayers would be far better able to deal with a lack of grain, grass, and water from the drought.
Fracking Exports
Selling liquefied natural gas to foreign markets doesn’t serve U.S. interests.
The 64-Gazillion-Dollar Question
A top authority on poverty has changed his mind about the urgency of fighting inequality.
Drone on the Range
Those very same pilotless, remote-controlled, undetectable planes that the CIA has been secretly using to spy on and bomb people in Pakistan and elsewhere are headed to our local police departments.
Occupy Wall Street Paved the Way
When will the really huge crowds come out to the streets?
Caution, Fiscal Cliff Ahead
Some will fare better than others.
On D.C.’s U Street, Can’t We All Just Swagger Along?
Restaurants along U Street are meant to be community cultural hubs that preserve the legacy and history of the District and uplift racial and cultural connections.
Hillary Clinton in Laos, Where Our Past Lies Buried
Knowledge about matters such as the U.S. bombing of Laos is a maladaptive trait in her line of work.
Syrian Uprising Morphs Into Regional and Global Wars
A divided, balkanized Syria looms as a dangerous possibility as even UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon acknowledges the conflict has become a proxy war between world powers.
Review: Cultures of Resistance
A beautiful new film charts the course of nonviolent resistance the world over.
History’s Greatest Terrorist: Harry Truman
The motives for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were political, the targets civilian — a textbook case of terrorism.
Donald Kaul’s Departure
An old friend and former colleague pays tribute to the longtime Des Moines Register and OtherWords columnist.
Bleeding Syria
There is little to no discussion about the role U.S. allies have played in fueling a sectarian war in the Middle East.
Bahrain: the Tear Gas Regime
Bahrain finds an off-label use for tear gas as chemical warfare.