Here are two terms you don’t expect to see together: “The state of Alabama” and “progressive leader.” (Ok, I’m a...
Question: What does a packet of M&M’s and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars...
What is so supreme about the Supreme Court? I mean besides being housed in an imposing marble building, being the...
Right-wing Republicans and corporate Democrats have become a pathetic bunch of “No-can-do Nancys.” Faced with an economy reeling from the...
Hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound… well, less unpleasant. For example, animals aren’t killed,...
Nearly every nation with an advanced economy (and some not so advanced) treats child care as a fundamental public good...
For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We have deep relationships,...
Ralph Waldo Emerson told about a guest who came to dinner and spent the entire evening prattling about his own...
Let’s talk pills. To treat everything from allergies to heart problems, half of Americans take a prescription medicine every day,...
In CorporateSpeak, there are no “job cuts.” Instead, firings are blandly referred to as “employment adjustments.” Now, though, corporate wordsmiths...