By Bob Gaydos
We humans have a way of acting as if the planet is our personal plaything, to lord over and do as we will with all other living creatures. It will eventually destroy us if we don’t change our attitude.

By Jeffrey Page
No one at P.S. 33 ever suggested I be barred from the class Christmas party, and no teacher ever wished me a happy Hanukkah

By Carrie Jacobson
As I turn 57, I find that I’m happy.

By Bob Gaydos
A secure nation does not seize journalists’ phone records, Mr. President.

By Emily Theroux
Is this triple threat a tempest in a teapot? Not necessarily, but journalists can bet their White House press passes that members of the GOP/wingnut media circus will flog it right up to Election Day 2014.

By Jeffrey Page
On Clinton, Cheney, Holder, et al.

By Carrie Jacobson
A prayer for the mothers

By Jeffrey Page
They needed a customer relations unit to figure out that the ad was racist and misogynistic? Can you think of anyone – Klan members excluded – who would not find this ad offensive and degrading?

By Michael Kaufman
Really, I don’t need an AARP card to show that I qualify for the senior discounts. And lately I’m finding their emails at least as annoying as the letters I get from Publishers Clearing House…

By Bob Gaydos
Jason Collins’ coming out is just the beginning of what is likely at times to be an ugly, hateful path to acceptance. The truth is, this “melting pot” of a country does not handle “different” well.