Columns Why the U.S. Congress is less than the sum of its parts By news on February 8, 2011 With an unexpectedly productive lame-duck session behind it and a new majority taking... Read more →
Columns Meeting Obama’s challenge for girls By news on February 3, 2011 The president’s challenge for all of us to create the country that 9-year old... Read more →
Columns Bravo for bag ban By news on January 27, 2011 The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that bans single-use plastic... Read more →
Columns Moving toward sustainability By news on January 24, 2011 Just before Christmas last month, something remarkable happened in Santa Monica. For the... Read more →
Columns BPA chemical look-alike potentially more risky By news on January 18, 2011 It would have been hard to get through 2010 without bumping into some scary information... Read more →
Columns Don’t let the dialogue of democracy be a victim, too By news on January 15, 2011 Our first concern in the wake of the horrendous shootings in Arizona ought to be for the... Read more →
Columns Obamacare: The worst of intentions By news on January 12, 2011 Democrats in the Senate warned in a recent letter to Speaker John Boehner that a repeal... Read more →
Columns If you want to fix politics, start with the voters By news on January 8, 2011 We’ve just had three “change” elections in a row, but you don’t... Read more →
Columns Better manage your money in the new year By news on December 31, 2010 Money can bring out the worst in us, particularly when there isn’t enough of it. We... Read more →
Columns A layoff for terminators By news on December 29, 2010 On Monday, Dec. 20, there were 717 inmates on death row in California when one of them, a... Read more →
Columns Congress keeps ceding power to the president By news on December 24, 2010 I’ve never been able to figure out why Congress seems so interested in giving up... Read more →
Columns Plastic poses problems By news on December 22, 2010 The simple fact that Americans consume 1,500 single-serve water bottles per second made... Read more →
Columns Green economy needs women leaders By news on December 4, 2010 On the eve of this year’s international climate change conference in Cancun, women... Read more →
Columns Taking a trip back in time By news on December 2, 2010 With this country’s dismal economy bringing unemployment and a collapse of the... Read more →
Columns Birthday wishes for Peace Corps By news on December 2, 2010 Dear Peace Corps, It’s been 50 years since the idea of you was born during a speech... Read more →
