A change agent just what Water Utility needs
When thousands of citizens are drinking bottled water because they do not trust what comes out of the tap, and when reports from the "experts" at the Water Utility make claims about purity and perfection that might generously be dismissed as "overstated," something has to change. read story
Bill Berry: Staff cuts sad for papers -- and America
Later in the week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel announced that it plans to cut its work force by 10 percent. Recently there have also been cuts announced at the Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, Hartford Courant, Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald and other papers. read story
Margaret Krome: Grabby America needs to grow up
My roommate last week, Sharon, critiques United States political and social history the way you might gossip about a badly mannered child. read story
Josh Ruxin: Africa's food crisis also an opportunity
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Every time Americans buy groceries, we feel the crisis in food prices. But while inflation presents discomfort in the United States, it is causing dire hardship elsewhere. In many of the world's poorest communities, food prices have become an obstacle to survival. read story
E.J. Dionne: 1+1 = problem for Obama
WASHINGTON -- When a candidate calls a second news conference to say the same thing he thought he said in the first one, you know he knows he has a problem. read story
Edward J. Larson: Mudslinging an American tradition
With the presidential nominees all but official, partisans on both sides are targeting their campaigns -- and that inevitably means negative ads. read story
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