Guest Opinion | Thursday, November 29,2012

We need to focus on jobs

In the United States, citizens who believe that they live in the reality-based community are happy about the recent election results, even though the pulverized wreckage of this nation’s politic

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 5,2012

We need a new WPA

By Nick Capo

The Labor Department’s estimate of jobs added to the U.S. economy in May was 69,000, a number too low to keep up with population growth. But in an election year, we no longer expect a real respo

Guest Opinion | Thursday, March 22,2012

Boycott cynicism and fear

By Nick Capo

One recent evening, I participated in a discussion about crime and punishment with a large group of civic-minded professionals. In such discussions, people’s thoughts inevitably explore matters

Guest Opinion | Thursday, January 5,2012

The 1 percent that used to be

By Nick Capo

Recently I visited Asheville, N.C., and witnessed how the 1 percent used to live. About one million people make the pilgrimage to the Biltmore House each year, and my wife and I now number among them.

Guest Opinion | Thursday, December 8,2011

I (sort of) love taxes

By Nick Capo

For fiction lovers, the upcoming presidential campaign, which might match Newt Gingrich against Barack Obama, promises to deliver a cornucopia of entertaining untruths.Gingrich published a book last y

Guest Opinion | Thursday, October 13,2011

Who are the poor?

By Nick Capo

My favorite scene in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist occurs in the second chapter. Oliver Twist is living with several dozen juveniles in a workhouse, all suffering “the tortures of sl

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 21,2011

Marching toward the new economy

By Nick Capo

I just read Gar Alperovitz’s article, “The New-Economy Movement,” which explained how the American Sustainable Business Council and the New Economy Network are demonstrating that com

Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 2,2011

A sinking feeling about the economy

By Nick Capo

On May 17, 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a report entitled “Occupational Employment and Wages – May 2010.” This report summarizes the numerical skeleton of the

Guest Opinion | Thursday, April 28,2011

While U.S. fiddles, China gains

By Nick Capo

Our political impasse remains unchanged. When Republicans hold offices, Democrats grab their popcorn, withhold their talent, time and treasure, and watch the failures as entertainment. When Democrats

Guest Opinion | Thursday, March 3,2011

Our clothes reveal the story

By Nick Capo

I washed two loads of laundry one weekend while trying to follow the unfolding events in Egypt, Bahrain and Wisconsin.A label on my running shorts – “Made in Egypt” – caught my