Category Archives: Local/Metro

In his run for the presidency in 1992, Ross Perot became famous for his use of charts and graphs. In that race Perot spent over $64 million of his own money on a campaign that featured Perot explaining the economy … Continue reading →

The following essay about the world food situation is written by Lester Brown, an expert and activist that, before yesterday, I had never heard of. He appeared on National Public Radio. (NPR has a pod cast of Brown, here.) See … Continue reading →

An article in today’s New York Times gives an interesting view about Barack Obama and his meteoric rise.  The article says that Obama, “has risen in politics less on his track record than on his telling of his life story … Continue reading →