A Taxing Question

Why is the current taxation debate framed in such silly fashion–i.e., want corporations to come nearer their supposed obligations? You hate profit! Favor a more progressive income tax rate? You’re a socialist who wants my money! Entertaining, but not...

Orchids

I don’t think people’s passion for orchids can be overstated (c.f. adaptation). I do not collect orchids; in fact I own no orchids, but they do thrill me somewhere outside of the concious mind. This week’s New Yorker features an article by Jonathan...

Roll of the Dice?

We—by we, I mean my tween, my eight year-old and myself—are a teeny, tiny bit Yahtzee-obsessed at the moment (and Saskia, in her very own way). There’s something so simple about the game, a little bit strategy, a little bit rock-n-roll the dice, plus...

Guest Column: Mouthpieces for Big Business

After the blatantly manufactured “statewide” report on municipal health insurance entitled “The Utility of Trouble. Municipal Health Plans: Gilded Benefits from a Bygone Era,” released in April by the Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts...