Paul Greenberg
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A moment of clarity
posted: 02/08/2012 5:51 a.m. Comments 13
Those who run the Komen Foundation, and make a mighty good thing of it, too, sound confused in the worst way: morally confused.
COLUMN ONE: Econ 101: Change happens
posted: 02/05/2012 3:04 a.m. Comments 4
A presidential campaign is the health of economic illiteracy. Every four years, ignorance comes into its quadrennial own. There are voters to mobilize, resentments to stoke, dull gray truths to be replaced by shiny new shibboleths, and the gullible 99 percent to be fired up against the evil 1 percent.
COLUMNISTS: The next war
posted: 02/01/2012 6:06 a.m. Comments 15
I t happens every between-the-wars period.
COLUMN ONE: Just read the words
posted: 01/29/2012 2:36 a.m. Comments 21
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.’’ —The First Amendment Constitution of the United States The words are old, the First Amendment having been adopted in 1791 along with the rest of the Bill of Rights. But even today, whenever they’re read, the effect is the same. The heart beats just a little faster.
Past light
posted: 01/25/2012 4:44 a.m. Discuss
There is a quality to light, as every great painter knows. Sometimes it explodes, at other times it only brings out the darkness. Only now may we see the light of distant stars that are no more. Yet they still shine, even illuminate.
COLUMN ONE: Two brothers
posted: 01/22/2012 3:44 a.m. Discuss
We sit in classrooms listening to another boring lecture.
There goes another one
posted: 01/18/2012 4:51 a.m. Comments 4
Oh, dear. Still another Iranian nuclear scientist has met with a fatal accident. Accidents will happen, especially in the Middle East and to Iran’s nuclear scientists.
COLUMN ONE: The Idol and the Republic
posted: 01/15/2012 3:36 a.m. Discuss
It is that time again, mixing mourning and gratitude, to mark the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. And now we can gather at his still new memorial in Washington.
COLUMN ONE: In brief
posted: 01/08/2012 3:46 a.m. Comments 8
Congratulations to Media Matters on winning Politifacts’ award for the Lie of the Year for 2011—the bald-faced claim that “Republicans voted to end Medicare.” Politifacts may not be the most reliable source of press criticism around, but it deserves congratulations—for not letting its usual prejudices get in the way of its judgment this year.
The Comedy Club
posted: 01/04/2012 4:13 a.m. Discuss
According to the indispensable In the News column on the front page every day, where it belongs, former U.S, Senator Arlen Specter has undertaken a second career as a stand-up comic. He’s now switching occupations the way he once switched political parties.
