William A. Collins, an OtherWords columnist, is a former Connecticut State lawmaker and the former mayor of Norwalk. He founded Minuteman Media, which later became OtherWords, in 1998. 9collins[AT]sbcglobal.net
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We may not yet have reached our Tahrir Square moment, but it's looming.
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The United States is awaiting its own nuclear catastrophe before changing course.
The shortage of real terrorism in recent years has been a challenge for our law enforcers.
Extreme weather is now commonplace, thanks to global warming.
Buying elections on the one hand and keeping people away from the polls on the other isn't what our democracy is supposed to be about.
The people who can least afford it are bearing the brunt of Washington's austerity.
Today, the business of America is war.
Our highways and bridges are decaying.