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Apologizing for the rich aint what it used to be!
July 1, 2009In the good old days one of the most enviable of jobs was that of a commentator or writer whose responsibility it was to explain to us in the mass audience why rich people are so...
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Opinion: The morally bankrupt family values Republican leadership
June 27, 2009This week, second term Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappeared for six days, leaving the state without a chief executive who could make decisions in an emergency. His Republican lieutenant governor didn’t know where he...
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The Obama administration and the struggle for gay rights
June 26, 2009CHICAGO -- On the heels of extensive protests by gay activists and many progressive groups and individuals the Obama administration has, in the recent period, taken some major steps that move in the direction of solving...
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EDITORIAL: ACES is aces
June 26, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives can take the first step towards saving our planet and reviving our economy by passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). This bill has the broad support of labor...
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Health care mess: how we got into it, how to get out of it
June 26, 2009In 1979, the newly elected mayor of Chicago, Jane Byrne, at the recommendation of some labor union officials, named me to be a “consumer commissioner” on the City of Chicago Health Systems Agency (HSA) Board of...
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