A few facts about Rick Perry’s Texas
Whether it's jobs, deficits, education or other concerns, an examination of Texas under Rick Perry ought to give any American a shudder.
Crying and laughing about the holocaust?
It may be that a tragedy plus a comedy is the only way that Parisians can describe their feelings about what happened under Nazi occupation. Maybe it takes both?
Will Obama get on the bus for federal action to create jobs?
President Obama began a 3-state bus tour today to Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
Youth: What the hell are we fighting for?
With the recent riots in London never has there been a clearer example that a new generation of youth with limitless potential is being wasted.
Killing owls to save them: What would Darwin say?
Should we sacrifice barred owls under the cover of saving spotted owls so timber companies can "thin" old-growth forests?
50th anniversary of Berlin Wall: a deeper look
This year Berlin's public TV channel gripped our brain cells every day for a month in advance of the anniversary of the Berlin Wall. For anyone probing more deeply, however, some questions still require answers. Why was it built?
Higher health spending means healthy people
Some things that just seem obvious are often denied for devious political or personal reasons.
Cuban film "Habanastation" wins top film festival award
"Habanastation" is the rare Cuban film that shows the realities of the Cuban educational system and the excitement in Revolution Square during May Day.
On, Wisconsin!
Wisconsin working people and their supporters this week defeated two incumbent state senators who backed Republican Gov. Scott Walker's attacks on collective bargaining rights.
A tribute to Senator Mark Hatfield
Sen. Mark Hatfield was a man of conscience, and possessed a sense of right and wrong which overrode party loyalty.
