This is the way the world works — at least our corner of it. In 2006, drug giant Pfizer faced an embarrassing controversy, only not about what it was doing that was truly disgraceful. Red faces were in bloom over a series of TV and newspaper ads touting cholesterol-lowering drug…
Lights, sequins, syncopation. They do put on a performance. Governing? No. But glitter, glam and that good old anti-government sound? Oh, yeah. You can almost hear the Gipper tapping his toe. They are the show that’s trying to stop the show. They are The Extremes. Michele. Rick. Rand. There’s Texas right-winger Louie…
It doesn’t come often in the average person’s life — maybe never: the transformative thought. The light bulb of invention and inspiration. It came often to Einstein, Edison, Tesla. For us? Not so much. For the sake of America’s children, let’s hope the one Arne Duncan just announced isn’t it — that epiphany…
The convention center was a multicolored whirl of abstinence education — in every room — from teen girls learning about the exploitation that can come with a grown-up suitor, to adolescents making a reach into a purple velvet “grab bag” only to find a deathly dilemma in hand, like AIDS or syphilis. …
Rick Perry was in Aspen last week long enough to disappoint a packed room of western conservatives. The Texas governor, you might have heard, is primping for the presidency. And let's admit: He's the kind of candidate to get tea party hearts arrhythmic. It’s not just the hair. It’s not just the square jaw.…