Author: Steven D

It’s Not Just Global Warming

Burning fossil fuels is bad for your health and bad for the economy, too, to the tune of, at a minimum, $120 BILLION per year. Specifically, burning oil and coal has number of hidden costs that may surprise all the fans of...

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Mr. President, Do the Right Thing

President Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Not surprisingly there was a lot of negative reaction on the right, but many on the left also felt that the award was premature, and given more for “not being George W....

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Deadbeat Dad a Father

Seems like a redundant title, doesn’t it? It’s not, sadly: O’FALLON, Mo. — With three small children and her marriage in trouble, Pat Bond attended a spirituality retreat for Roman Catholic women in Illinois 26 years...

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The Rich Suffer, Too

In this time of economic dislocation, with all this talk of rising unemployment, the health care crisis (and that’s for those who have health care), less pay for those who do have jobs, increased poverty, homelessness, and...

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Billo’s War on Sex

Bet that got your attention. Or maybe not. But actually, in all honesty, Bill O’Reilly, perhaps warming up for his annual War on Christmas mini-series, has decided to go after Rio Americano High School in California for...

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