ILF POST

By Gloria Feldt [The] partial birth abortion ban is a political scam but a public relations goldmine…The major benefit is the debate that surrounds it.–Randall Terry
So said the founder of Operation Rescue, a militant anti-choice group that blockaded abortion providers, in 2003.

By Charles Lindblom In recent years, corporations and their managers have again given us all the evidence we need to conclude that they are often rapacious and running out of control. Yet it looks as though we can’t do without them. They are prodigious organizers, movers and shakers. Thanks in large part to their [...]

By Harlan Cleveland When it’s not the season for hurricanes, we seem to forget all about them. Outside New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, even the memory of Katrina is fading fast.
Who remembers Agnes in 1972, which produced Appalachian floods, 122 deaths, and $3 billion damage? Or David in September 1979, which bounced through the [...]

By Gloria Feldt This is a Moment with a capital “M”. The opportunity for fundamental social change doesn’t come often, so let’s take full advantage of it.
Shock jock Don Imus’s racist and sexist remarks about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team didn’t go beyond his typical bottom feeder discourse, but in this [...]

By Douglass Carmichael How can we manage our corner of the world when we face simultaneous crises in

Housing bubble (based on easy Fed money to keep interest rates low)
Pension funds, (invested [...]

By guest contributor Mike Males I was recently asked what it is that I like so much about helping young people? I’ve never thought of it as helping them. I’m a selfish, rotten, immature American Baby Boomer (redundant, I know), and I spent a lot of time working with younger people in [...]

By Ralph Keyes Al Gore’s various proposals for reducing carbon emission includes banning incandescent light bulbs. Fie. We’ve tried fluorescent bulbs, and still use some in our porch and basement. In general, however, we don’t like them. These bulbs give off a pallid hue and don’t emit enough light for our aging [...]