Special Edition
Two years ago, who would have dared to image we’d elect, as President of the United States, an African-American community organizer?
Six months ago, who would have predicted we’d enact universal health care, reform our education system, establish a maximum wage and “true cost” tax, and start taking steps to make our cities more livable — [...]
A Baboon Study Remembered
While thinking about the recent changes in this country, I recalled an article by Robert M. Sapolsky (in Foreign Affairs, January 2006), who lived for a while among a troop of baboons in the wild, and witnessed a remarkable transformation.
Lobbyists are Citizens Too
You won’t read many stories critical of the recently-passed “Ban on Lobbying” bill, H.R. 27865, whether in this newspaper or any other media outlet. Lobbyists have been treated as pariahs by the press, by both candidates in the latest elections, and in popular culture. They have been called “the root of the problem” in Washington, [...]
