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1-28A How do the rich become über-rich?

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January 10, 2020
As Ray Charles wailed in a song of true-life blues: “Them that’s got is them that gets/And I ain’t got...
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1-29A Timeless truths for trying times

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January 8, 2021
What’s wrong with people? Has the savagery, selfishness, and raw, animal hatred within the human species finally come out of the darkness to...
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1-30A A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement

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December 20, 2021
In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the US Senate to reject Earl...
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1-31A The Perverse Vulgarity of Book Banning

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December 30, 2022
Excuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist...
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1-32A My New Year’s Resolutions for Some Powerful People

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December 29, 2023
I made a few New Year’s resolutions this week – not for me, but as self-improvement ideas for some of...
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1-28B What car do billionaires ride in?

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January 10, 2020
I’m guessing that being rich is a comfortable feeling – no money worries, you’re set for life! But is it...
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1-29B What America can learn from the Animal kingdom

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January 8, 2021
Are we back to the jungle, an animalistic society with roaming packs of foam-at-the-mouth beasts howling for the enthronement of...
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1-30B What if antibiotics no longer work?

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December 20, 2021
Can antibiotic medicines, long hailed as miracle drugs, be too much of a good thing? Yes. Two factors are at...
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1-31B Stop Right-Wing Censorship of Library Books

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December 30, 2022
Sometimes, stupid political ideas beget even stupider political tactics. For example, a faction of right-wing Republicans wants to stop public...
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1-32B A New Road to Farm • Food • Climate Progress

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December 29, 2023
“Arkansas Traveler,” is an old-time song of folk humor that tells of a well-heeled dandy who gets lost while travelling...
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