An interview with Sherri Goodman about climate change and military readiness Originally published in On Earth. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE director, Dennis Blair, warned the Senate in February of a growing threat to global security. Climate change, he said, could affect “domestic stability in a number of key states, the opening of new sea lanes and […]
Operation Rescue
Barbara Woodley hoarded more than 300 dogs, only to keep them in deplorable conditions. It took a three-year legal battle, an army of volunteers, and hundreds of special new owners to save these broken creatures. Originally published in O, The Oprah Magazine. WALTER THE BOSTON TERRIER PADS INTO Heather Jackson’s sunny living room in Sanford, North Carolina. He’s […]
Laid Off
For factory workers in America, especially those 45 and older, job security is a dying dream. Originally published in AARP The Magazine. SALLY AND FRANKIE STEWART FELT COMFORTABLE and fulfilled in their work as machine operators for Visteon, an auto-parts maker created by Ford Motor Company. The plant in Bedford, Indiana, was clean and well lit, and […]
Expletive Deleter
As head of the FCC, alumnus Kevin Martin has tackled issues as controversial as when to allow dirty words on television and how much to rein in cable companies. But even though he has embraced Republican orthodoxy when it comes to indecency and media consolidation, FCC watchers have been fascinated by the frequency with which […]
The truth behind ‘Godless Americans’
Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s attack ad features a retired Biblical-studies teacher. Originally published in Indy Week. IMAGINE RETIRED BIBLE TEACHER Rick Stone’s surprise to find himself depicted as a “Godless American.” This week, Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole began running a statewide 30-second TV ad linking her opponent, Kay Hagan, to a political action […]
Delta Blues
Drinking water for 23 million Californians. Lifeblood of our farm economy. Why it’s so vital to save this Sacramento delta. Originally published in On Earth. ON THIS BRISK, CLOUDLESS DAY, Tom Zuckerman and I are driving to his duck-hunting club on Rindge Tract, one of the low-slung rural islands that form the nucleus of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin […]
A Mean Machine
For all its combativeness, the Republican National Convention failed the address the country’s most fundamental issues. Scenes from a week in St. Paul. Originally published in Indy Week. THE VETERANS MARCHED IN LOCKSTEP as they approached the Minneapolis State Capitol, which sits on a hill overlooking downtown St. Paul. Some wore Army greens. Others wore camouflage […]
RNC Day 4: Palin, Creationism, and Other Red Meat
On the first day, God created pit bulls. On the second day, He created lipstick. Originally published in Indy Week. AS THE OWNER OF A FRIENDLY PIT-BULL MIX, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s off-script line last night at the Republican National Convention: “Do you know the difference between a hockey mom […]
RNC Day 3: Young, But Not for Obama
More than two years after his father died in Afghanistan, a North Carolina guest at the GOP convention reflects on the war. Originally published in Indy Week. THIS WEEK, AS NICK OCHSNER ATTENDS THE Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., the Elon University sophomore can’t listen to all the pro-military speeches without thinking about his father. Sgt. […]
Youth and Promise at the DNC
An N.C. delegate to the Democratic National Convention, Raleigh’s John Verdejo sees similarities between his personal history and Barack Obama’s. Originally published in Indy Week. UNTIL HIS PLANE TOUCHED DOWN in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, John Verdejo had never in his life reset his watch. The 29-year-old’s personal history was contained entirely within the Eastern time […]
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