After the killings at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, I tried in vain to convince somervilletom and mike-cote that it was more than old-school racism and hatred fueled by right-wing speech against Muslims who "hate our freedom," it was also … [Read more...]

That's the title of Bill McKibbon's article in the new Rolling Stone, the one with Justin Bieber on the cover. I mention Justin Bieber being on the cover because the contrast between the terrifying urgency of global warming and the … [Read more...]

So Romney can't offer a credible alternative to the Affordable Care Act, since ObamaCare is based on RomneyCare. But there is a viable alternative that was proposed by John McCain, who beat Romney for the nomination in 2008 with this … [Read more...]

Say, is there some kind of uniform legal understanding of the ownership and rights to us contributors content on various blogs, such as BMG and HuffingtonPost and Boston.com? (Not including the ownership of stuff we post links to, like that … [Read more...]

Wow! If you thought Elizabeth Warren's "Crab with Tomato Dressing" didn't seem like a traditional Cherokee recipe, you were correct. It has now been discovered that Warren copied nearly verbatim three of the five recipes she submitted to … [Read more...]

The day after the Bruins were eliminated, the Globe did not have a single picture of Joel Ward, the hero for the Capitols who scored the series winning goal in overtime. It would have been a great opportunity to change people's racist … [Read more...]

People should pay tax to buy higher education and college degrees. Colleges are now exposed as evil corporations, overpaying their CEOs and star faculty, underpaying their actual workers, and overcharging their customers and the … [Read more...]

I liked this article, which makes many of the same points I've been making. The Sex-Friendly Case Against Free Birth Control By Conor Friedersdorf Mar 13 2012, 10:30 AM ET 44 Its free provision privileges the pleasure-seeking … [Read more...]

Imagine this hypothetical: A new pill is invented that eliminates homosexual desires, not just in the person who takes it, but if taken by a pregnant woman, in the baby also. And say it also alters personality and makes people very … [Read more...]

That is what birth control pills seem to cost, over the counter. So how about let's just give everyone $20 a month credit at the pharmacy. If people want to spend it on something other than BC, they should be allowed to do that, to cash it … [Read more...]