Oh, Just Call Them Terrorists
Sooner or later, if citizens are going to support further wars and impingements on their own civil liberties, they need red meat.
Belt-Tightening Time
Schools and libraries are being squeezed but not CEO pay or corporate tax loopholes.
The Lineup: Week of August 13-19, 2012
Robert G. Gard, a retired lieutenant general, urges Congress to take action to avoid the upcoming “fiscal cliff.”
How Romney Could Blow Iowa
The wind energy industry relies on a soon-to-expire tax credit that protects American jobs and our health.
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.
Caution, Fiscal Cliff Ahead
Some will fare better than others.
Occupy Wall Street Paved the Way
When will the really huge crowds come out to the streets?
Donald Kaul’s Departure
An old friend and former colleague pays tribute to the longtime Des Moines Register and OtherWords columnist.
The Lineup: Week of August 6-12, 2012
Jim Hightower describes Wall Street’s latest efforts to extract the earnings of college grads.
Letters to the Editor: Readers Respond to Kaul’s Departure, Part III
Readers from Wisconsin, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, California, Maine, Michigan, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Washington state, Arizona, Missouri –and of course Iowa–urge Don to write again when he recovers.
Crashing the GDP
A harrowing road trip on the first day of my summer internship helped me get the point of my work on the Genuine Progress Indicator.