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Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Annise Parker - May. 18 (Opinion) - Houston's mayor—an openly gay Democrat friendly to business—talks about why her city is the country's fastest growing and most diverse.

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Cascading Confessions

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By MAUREEN DOWD - May. 15 (Opinion) - Two of the hot topics trending on Twitter Tuesday were Angelina Jolie and the I.R.S. Beauty and the Beast. Jolie stunned the world with a New York Times Op-Ed article explaining why she decided to have a preventive double mastectomy once she learned that

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Pay People to Cook at Home

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By KRISTIN WARTMAN - May. 11 (Opinion) - But how do we get there? For many of us, whether we are full-time workers or full-time parents, this home-cooked meal is a fantasy removed from the reality of everyday life. And so Americans continue to rely on highly processed and refined foods that are

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Obstacles for Pregnant Women Seeking Dental Care

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Catherine Saint Louis - May. 07 (Opinion) - Well: Obstacles for Pregnant Women Seeking Dental Care

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Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jared Bernstein - May. 04 (Opinion) - Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

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Washington's Backward Retirement Policy: So Wrong, and Yet So Easy to Fix

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Atlantic Monthly - By - James Kwak - Apr. 30 (Opinion) - money is being wasted on tax subsidies for "private" retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and IRAs. In 2012, these subsidies added up to $199 billion, or about 1.3 percent of GDP.

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Flying the Government Skies

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - The 4% FAA spending cut that somehow delays 40% of flights.

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Opinionator | Fixes: When Food Isn’t the Answer to Hunger - NY Times: Editorials

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By TINA ROSENBERG - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - Fixes: When Food Isn’t the Answer to Hunger

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Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Damian Carrington - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn The world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment bubble in fossil fuels to the tune of trillions of dollars, according to leading economists. "The financial crisis has shown what happens when risks accumulate unnoticed," said Lord (Nicholas) Stern, a professor at the London School of Economics. He said the risk was "very big indeed" and that almost all investors and regulators were failing to address it. The so-called " carbon bubble " is the result of an over-valuation of oil, coal and gas reserves held by fossil fuel companies. According to a report published on Friday, at least two-thirds of these reserves will have to remain underground if the world is to meet existing internationally agreed targets to avoid the threshold for "dangerous" climate change. If the agreements hold , these reserves will be in effect ...

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U.S. Ranks Low on Children’s Health

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By CHARLES M. BLOW - Apr. 18 (Opinion) - The United States has done it again — and not in a good way. According to a Unicef report issued last week — “Child Well-Being in Rich Countries” — the United States once again ranked among the worst wealthy countries for children, coming in 26th place o

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In Grisly Image, a Father Sees His Son

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By TIM ROHAN - Apr. 16 (Comment) - BOSTON — When Jeff Bauman woke up in a hospital bed on Tuesday, an air tube was down his throat, both of his legs had been amputated at the knee, and his father was by his side. He tried to talk, but he could not.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Bold on Both Ends

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:12:00 -0700

New York Times - By By DAVID BROOKS - Apr. 12 (Opinion) - It’s time to entertain the possibility that President Obama is a right-wing extremist. After all, look at where he’s taking the country over his second term.

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Pesticide Suspected in Bee Die-Offs Could Also Kill Birds

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - Apr. 12 (Opinion) - Pesticide Suspected in Bee Die-Offs Could Also Kill Birds

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The President's Priorities

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Apr. 11 (Opinion) - Debt in 2014 will hit 78.2% of the economy. President Obama is pitching his new budget proposal as a fiscal peace offering to Republicans, but the details suggest everyone should expect more conflict. The fiscal 2014 plan he released Wednesday is a very slightly modified version of his previous budgets that reduces the deficit by raising taxes and trading defense cuts for more domestic spending. The real news is that his budget ratifies much of the spending increase of the first term and tries to lock it in. He wants the feds to spend $3.78 trillion next year ($11,944 per American), which would still be 22.2% of national output nearly four years into an economic recovery. Before the financial panic in 2008, the government was spending about $1 trillion less, or closer to $2.7 trillion a year and an average of 20% of GDP—and President Bush was no slouch as a spender himself.

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Can We Afford Another Housing Boom?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Apr. 11 (Opinion) - NewsdayCan We Afford Another Housing Boom?Wall Street JournalFannie Mae put an exclamation point on the housing rally with last week's announcement of its largest-ever annual profit. The news comes soon after Fannie's cousin, Freddie Mac, announced its own record high. These results may seem like cause for ...UPDATE 2-US housing regulator extends popular refinance programReutersHow Does the US Quit Housing When Fannie, Freddie Rake in Billions?BusinessweekMortgage innovation is needed to ward off housing bustsNewsdayInman.com -U.S. News & World Report (blog) -Baltimore Business Journalall 97 news articles »

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About the Children

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By BILL KELLER - Apr. 08 (Opinion) - THE defenders of traditional marriage tell us the argument is, first and foremost, about the children. You might not know that from the buzz surrounding the Supreme Court deliberations.

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Calamity for Our Most Beneficent Insect

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Apr. 06 (Opinion) - Bee colonies have been dying in increasing numbers, and the latest suspect is a pesticide used to protect common agricultural seeds.

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Freedom Loses One

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By DAVID BROOKS - Apr. 02 (Opinion) - I don’t think we’ve paused sufficiently to celebrate the wonderful recent defeat for the cause of personal freedom. After all, these sorts of defeats don’t happen every day. Over the past 40 years, personal freedom has been on a nearly uninterrupted winn

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Teaching the Value of a Dollar - New York Times

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Apr. 02 (Opinion) - Should children receive an allowance? Should parents encourage teenagers to get jobs?

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Health Law Provision for Small Business Is Delayed

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Robert Pear - Apr. 02 - Most states’ small businesses will not get what Congress intended next year: the option to provide workers with a choice of health plans. They will instead be limited to a single plan.

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McManus: SCOTUS-induced chaos on gay marriage?

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Mar. 31 () - If there is a narrow ruling against Prop. 8 and DOMA is struck down, expect a legal and political mess.If the Supreme Court decides the two gay marriage cases it heard last week the way most court watchers believe it will, expect legal and political chaos.

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As Spy Drones Come to the U.S., We Must Protect Our Privacy

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Mar. 24 (Opinion) -

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The Axis of Ennui

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By DAVID BROOKS - Mar. 12 (Opinion) - Effective energy innovation is not happening where you think it is, Dear Reader.

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India Ink: India’s Only Electric Car Revamped to Woo Drivers

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By DAVID FERRIS - Mar. 04 (Opinion) - A brand new factory in Bangalore is expected to assemble 30,000 units of Mahindra Reva’s E2O annually.

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Opinionator | The Great Divide: Land of Plenty (of Government)

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By MONICA PRASAD - Mar. 03 (Opinion) - Researchers have uncovered evidence that points to a bigger governmental presence in the United States than previously thought.

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