To end scarcity, we must pay for water
The planet has a water crisis and it’s getting worse, warns Charles Kenny in Foreign Policy. What worsens the problem is that water is free, so Kenny proposes that if we had to pay for every drop,...
View ArticleAging population is a boon for planet
The secret to wealth isn’t more young people, it’s more productive people, which is good news for a planet that is undergoing a “reproductive recession,” says Charles Kenny in Bloomberg Businessweek.
View ArticleLet teachers fight it out for survival
Let’s get serious about teacher performance. All of the recent discussion about teacher evaluations is ineffective and misses the point. The population of teachers, like every other profession,...
View ArticleBias, paranoia real U.S. threats
In the wake of the most recent terrorist attacks, the Democratic Party is determined to wage war but not against those who seek to do us irreparable harm. The most fierce and hyperbolic attacks have...
View ArticleExpand Black Lives matter
Do black lives matter in New York? Not if our vast prison system is an example. It’s common knowledge that black prisoners take the brunt of the abuse from the mostly all-white guard population, at...
View ArticleMindset of a few shouldn’t affect all
Are we screwed up? Since when do the “rights” of 0.2 percent of the population, or for that matter any other minuscule fraction, override the rights of 99.8 percent of the population to not violate and...
View ArticleLawmakers ignore entire populations
Am I the only one who sees a great similarity in the congressional response to the Zika virus epidemic in Puerto Rico and to the Flint, Mich., lead-contaminated water system? We have fiscally...
View ArticleAmerican bombs still threaten Laos
The brief bit “Obama visits Laos to heal war wounds,” Sept. 7, just prior to the extensive coverage of the 9/11 commemorations was a timely reminder of one factual reason why the U.S. considers itself,...
View ArticleElect president by popular vote
A presidential nominee must win 270 electoral votes to be elected president. A vote from a resident of New York counts less per capita, compared to those of residents of many smaller states. Each state...
View ArticleThe Electoral College is an anachronism
While I agree with the sentiment expressed in the editorial “Electors, reject Mr. Trump,” regarding Donald Trump’s qualifications for the office of president, we would not need to consider asking the...
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