Police officers can’t pull you over for eating, reading, putting on makeup, or shaving while driving. But in a growing number of states, you
Author: Madonna Gauding
Madonna Gauding is a freelance writer, illustrator and book designer living in St. Louis. MO. She is the author of 10 books on a variety of "mind, body, spirit" topics.
DOT wants to help you to walk and bike
In March, Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood announced that the government is going to give bicycling and walking the same importance as automobiles in
10 surprising things in the health care bill
If you read Gloria Bilchik’s post here on April Fools Day you learned about some hilarious aspects of the health care bill that, well,
Empathy for Tea Partiers
When I watch Tea Partiers’ faces twisted in anger, and hear their blatantly racist remarks and threats of violence, I have to admit, empathy
Stop the China job drain
We are just beginning to piece together the various causes for the current recession, from sub-prime lending, to reckless behavior on Wall Street, to
The public option for banking
The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is owned and operated by the state of North Dakota, and is the only publicly owned bank in
The waste of war
March 19 was the 7th anniversary of the U.S-led invasion of Iraq, yet it came and went without much notice in the news. In
McCain and Lieberman’s dangerous bill
On March 4th, Senators McCain and Lieberman quietly introduced a bill that Salon Magazine’s Glen Greenwald calls “the single most extremist, tyrannical and dangerous
Texas school board removes Jefferson from curriculum
Congress makes it to the daily news but highly influential school boards often fly under the radar. When right wing board members gain a majority,
Naomi Klein sets the record straight
One of my favorite progressive authors, Naomi Klein, posted a much-needed correction of a recent piece by Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens, titled “How