A question occurs to me
While reading the latest news about the unfolding IRS scandal, and the offhand suggestion that "even in the best of times," the Internal Revenue Service is "the federal government's most reviled agenc
The Kochs' pet coke
Your pets are charming, I'm sure, but the Koch brothers' "petcoke" not so much. Rather like an unwelcome black mound in the backyard, or a steaming heap alongside the Detroit River. Hello Alberta tar
Cultural divide
The author of Pills Are Not for Preschoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids has a specific agenda we presume, but if her opening fact for this short piece in Psychology Today is accurate, it
Who's going to jail for this?
Saw that quip from Mr. Speaker, measuring his indignation as carefully as the fine-tailored suits he and Mr. Senate Minority Leader wear for their daily podium stand-ups. But consider Robert Reich's o
Food for thought
As ever, Michael Pollan provides an entertaining smörgåsbord on the frontier of food science, this time in next Sunday's NYT Magazine feature, Some of My Best Friends are Germs. Yours, too. You've pro
