Gordon Gekko has been lying low. Biding his time in sing-sing away from the dollars and the greed and the sub-prime madness; he’s been plotting his come back with a Machiavellian precision as...
A few months ago, I insulted someone horribly. Darting about outside in a helpless panic, I had accosted a young man who was, by the looks of him, just trying to get home after a long day. "Do you...
The Russian writer Count Leo Tolstoy famously began his novel/brick Anna Karenina with the observation that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This...
Two years and some change (or, depending on who you ask, nearly three years and NO change) into his presidency, Barack Obama's policies have upset and disappointed me. I had high hopes for a...
Artist Rinus Van de Velde works and lives in Antwerp, and his last exhibition was in Seoul, at Korea's International Art Fair. At first glance, Van de Velde’s works looked to me like old photos,...
Jon Stewart has spent quite a bit of time making fun of Rick Sanchez, and this week, Sanchez appeared on the satellite radio show "Stand Up! With Pete Dominick" and fired back. Sanchez called Stewart...
I am volunteering for an environmental justice organization in a large northern city. This group works on environmental health issues with the city’s poor, mostly African-Americans and Puerto...
Just a note before I start: this is the 1000th post on Global Comment! To celebrate, why not become a subscriber and help us keep bringing you thought-provoking content? The real objective of...
"It is a sacred duty for me, as a survivor, to protest against the persecution, the oppression and the imprisonment of so many people in Gaza, including more than 800,000 children," -Reuven...
I am a former migrant worker. I worked the blueberry fields as a kid, as did most kids in my community. I was a lucky worker--I never had to migrate from state to state to follow work (I just went...
