Editor’s Note

You never want to hear your dentist say, “Oops.” But “oops” is also something you never want to hear from biotech scientists who are genetically altering various plant species. Messing with the very DNA of grains, veggies, and other plants is dangerous stuff, for there are many consequences of such corporate-sponsored manipulations. They are literally […]

Here’s some big news on the agricultural front: This year’s crop has reached the highest level ever, with an increase of 49 percent over last year’s production! Unfortunately, we’re talking not about American corn but about the opium crop in Afghanistan. You remember Afghanistan, don’t you? That’s where Osama bin Laden was supposed to be […]

In his attempt to puff up his bad poll numbers and give his beleaguered party a boost for this fall’s congressional elections, George W. Bush keeps wrapping himself in the bloody flag of 9/11 and posing as America’s valiant defender. For example, he scooted over to the National Counterterrorism Center last month for a PR […]

Guess who’s rising like a rocket toward the No. 1 spot in U.S. auto sales? Toyota! The Japanese carmaker has surpassed Ford for second place, and Honda replaced DaimlerChrysler in fourth. America’s Big Three is no more, with Detroit’s auto line-up claiming barely half of our own market. Japan’s surge is the direct result of […]

On this Labor Day, when working families all across America are struggling, it’s fitting for us to reflect on the profound insight of that prominent economic theorist George W. Bush. In 2000, explaining his approach to economic policy, W. declared: “We ought to make the pie higher.” What the professor was trying to express is […]

The new managing editor of Time magazine has a rather grandiose sense of his publication’s place in the scheme of things. He declared that Time is for people “looking for one source to speak with authority and explain the world.” Perhaps he could start by explaining (authoritatively, of course) why Time Inc. dumped Bartlett and […]

During his 13-year tenure, the recently retired CEO of ExxonMobil paid himself $144,000 a day — and he worked in an executive suite that was labeled the “God Pod.” Our culture lavishes both wealth and worship on “the boss.” Yet, if you talk to the workers on the ground level who actually do the heavy […]

Giving credit where credit is due, I’ll concede that Bush’s gang of neoconservative nutballs was right in saying that his approach to Iraq would be held up as a model of success in the Mideast. Unfortunately, it’s become a model of success for Islamic extremists. Start with Iraq itself. Before Bush’s invasion, the country was […]