The Nightmare After Gorbachev

Paul Krugman has been an Opinion columnist since 2000 and is also a distinguished professor at the City University of … More

Why Do We Swallow What Big Oil and the Green Movement Tell Us?

Thomas L. Friedman – NY Times – 18 May “It has long been said that the definition of insanity is … More

Saying Goodbye

Last week, a small group of neighbors gathered in Lake City to say goodbye to seven people who died on … More

How Humanity Has Unleashed a Flood of Zoonotic Diseases

As we degrade animal habitats, reduce biodiversity and reach ever deeper into the wilderness for resources, we’re all but certain … More

Our Racial Pandemic

The following was written, compiled, by an 18 year young lady who is passionately concerned by what she is witnessing … More

‘We’re on our own’: how the pandemic isolates families of disabled children

Families of children with special educational needs are resilient, but the Covid-19 crisis has hit our support systems hard Brian … More

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent … More

The End of College as We Knew It?

Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he’s down. Frank Bruni – Opinion Piece – NY Times … More

If We Had a Real Leader

David Brooks – NY Times – Opinion Columnist – 29 may 2020 Imagining Covid under a normal president. “This week … More

‘A Strange Feeling’: Owner Of Seattle’s Bop Street Records Reflects On Closing Shop After 30 Years

I wasn’t paying attention when this story ran on CBS news the other night. Half way through the broadcast I … More