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Our culture’s worship of celebrity
feature It was in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age that the modern concept of celebrity was born.
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Why cops overuse pepper spray
feature Police officers value their authority, and get incensed when people defy their orders, said Brandon Keim at Wired.com.
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Viewpoint: Nick Gillespie
feature From Reason.com: “Here’s a question for proponents of the drug war: Does prohibition—which demonstrably fails to keep illegal drugs...
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Why we need a day without music
feature Imagine, for just one day, turning off the insipid music constantly playing in airports, supermarkets, department stores, and restaurants, said Kevin Berger. It would be such a relief to eat a meal or visit the Jiffy Lube waiting area without hearing. . .
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Our broken health-care system
feature “If we don’t act, we’re surrendering our future to runaway health spending,” said Robert Samuelson at The Washington Post.
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Big Pharma’s health-care extortion
feature The White House has already sold out to Big Pharma, said Robert Reich in Salon.com.
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Viewpoint: Tom Carson
feature From The American Prospect: “If you wonder who made [liberal] hauteur respectable, try Adlai Stevenson. The most celebrated exchange...
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Quote of the week: Beliefnet founder Steven Waldman
feature From The Wall Street Journal: Nones—Americans who profess no religious affiliation—now make up 15 percent of the population. Given their rapid growth...
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How kids learn to hate real food
feature Thanks to ConAgra and its pals in Congress, our schoolkids’ right to feast on frozen pizza and fries has been protected, said Kristin Wartman at HuffingtonPost.com.
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Shed no tears for Qaddafi
feature For all the suffering the tyrant inflicted over decades, he suffered “perhaps an hour of torment” and a bullet to the head, said Charles Krauthammer at The Washington Post.
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