Between the Lines: The Warren Bump

Looking back to early August, it now seems funny that Sen. Scott Brown’s campaign website would trumpet a collection of quotes mocking Democrats for giving Elizabeth Warren a prime speaking position at the party’s Charlotte convention. “What’s...

Labor's Legacy

The colorful days of the labor union movement may seem merely historic now, but in fact that movement is alive and busy—and international. You may have noticed that when Mitt Romney visited Poland after a less-than-successful touchdown in England, he won...

Imperium Watch: We Can't Bomb Global Warming

The Republican Party platform contains a long list of criticisms of President Obama and his administration. That’s natural during election season. But are they the right criticisms? The platform, with its smell of the U.S. ?Russia “superpower”...

The Battle for the Climate

It’s official: the Arctic set a record for ice loss this summer as 50 percent more per day melted than in 2007, the year the previous record was set for Arctic summer ice melt. The potential results include more climate destabilization and polarization between...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Price of Emu Meat Stable Through Time Those emu photos from Gill [“Good Bird Farming,” September 13, 2012] brought to mind a conversation overheard in the Plainfield post office. Steve the postmaster to Bob the emu rancher: “You look tired.”...