By Kenneth Lipp Dedicated to Emma—you always have the courage to be yourself, a strong and graceful woman, and to act on all which that entails, without shame or guile. You inspire me to discover what it means to be a good man. Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the [...]
In the dim mists of time hundreds of us were gathered by a foundation to discuss how we were going to move from our then state of impending environmental crisis to a sustainable society. Demographically we were a sampling of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business people, NGO staffers, and community organizers. We talked and worked over [...]
Legalization of the drug market, immigration reform, and regulation of the American gun market, would render the drug cartels, with their human smuggling side-line, nearly impotent; forced to rely on the legitimate businesses in which they have already diversified. The billions of dollars spent by American tax payers to combat non-lethal marijuana and human trafficking, [...]
I recently lamented the unceremonious disappearance of Elvis Costello’s hip music/chat fest which ran for two seasons on the Sundance Channel. A show for music aficionados, it offered a great showcase for genre-crossing legends and a few newbies to exchange words and songs in a very intimate setting. Whether funding or scheduling was to blame, [...]
If you are a US citizens ,or a resident with income in the United States, today is the IRS deadline to file your tax return unless you have filed for an extension. In Washington, the “talk of the town” is the ballooning budget deficit and finding ways to cut it. However, because 99 percent of [...]
