Why Canada Is Under Attack by Terrorists
Most people probably reacted in shock to learn that Canada has now been hit twice by terror attacks against soldiers in three days. Many Americans probably think of it as our sleepy socialist neighbor...
View ArticleSupreme Court Should Be More Transparent With Financial Disclosures
As a Justice Department official in the Reagan administration, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts famously wrote about the peculiarity that, in America, "only Supreme Court justices and...
View ArticleLessons from Ebola - Trust: the Necessary Public Health Tool
It is perhaps too soon to draw lessons from the Ebola epidemic. After all, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued projections that...
View ArticleNo Slam Dunk for Billionaires
Early in his second term, President Obama briefly put income and wealth inequality on his political agenda. But when the issue didn't poll well, he dropped it. As a former community organizer, he might...
View ArticleHollow Justice and Courts of Order in an Age of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny
"The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people." -- Justice William O. Douglas With every passing day, it becomes more apparent that we live in an...
View ArticleDe-Nationalizing an Election: Political Advertising in the Tillis-Hagan N.C....
Almost three and a half decades ago a virtual unknown - John East - upended the popular incumbent - Robert Morgan - in the North Carolina senate race; a contest decided largely by one political...
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Cyberbullying, Online Abuse or Political Scandal: 41-Year-Old Monica Lewinsky...
This past Monday, Monica Lewinsky took center stage at the Forbes Under 30 Summit to speak to Millennials who were at most 14 years old when she made global headlines. She told them that she was the...
View ArticleDon't Ask the Pentagon Where Its Money Goes. It Won't Tell.
President Barack Obama proudly signed the law that repealed the Pentagon's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, freeing lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans (although not trans people) to openly serve in the...
View ArticleWhy Are So Many Polls Getting Colorado Wrong?
All signs point to a close race for U.S. Senate between incumbent Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Congressman Cory Gardner. Only the national broadcast preemption during Sunday night's Broncos game...
View ArticleIllinois Is Killing Black Opportunity
Illinois is killing black opportunity Illinois is home to a vicious cycle that prevents its black residents from reaching their full potential, and too little attention is being paid to the numbers...
View ArticleReality Check: Latino Voters Just Aren't That Into You
With the mid-term elections looming so closely, much ado is being made about Hispanic voters staying home. Latino voters -- who primarily vote during presidential elections anyway -- are just not that...
View ArticleFostering Equality and Opportunity for Those With Developmental Disabilities
Tomorrow legislative leaders will join Governor Patrick at Fenway Park to celebrate the passage of three bills, including one which enacts the ABLE provision. This component has the potential to...
View ArticleWe Count, So Count Us: Three Reasons It's Important to Collect Census Data on...
"One in 10 is not enough! Recruit! Recruit! Recruit!" It was my favorite chant as a young queer activist, and its echo stays with me today. It was funny, sure, and poked fun at the fear of a million...
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Senate Election Overview -- Democrats Hanging On?
Sorry for the overly-provocative title, but I'm a little surprised at how all the big media election-predicting sites have apparently decided to just call the whole Senate for Republicans and clock out...
View ArticleElecting to Support Our Economy
This election cycle, Americans have a decision to make. Either we can choose to elect those who have proven themselves to have the courage and the foresight to make decisions with the long-term benefit...
View ArticleEbola Handling: How Conservatives' Hysterics Compare to Meaningful Responses...
Ebola has dominated the news for weeks now. Clearly, it's politics that drives the discourse, not the realities of the vicious virus. Few medical professionals have been asked to voice their opinions...
View ArticleTehran. Waiting for Normality
Returning to Tehran a little over a month before the November 24 nuclear negotiations deadline was for me the source of a number of surprises. In the first place, the city -- judging from its bustling...
View ArticleHeather and the Alfalfa Sprouts
"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble. . . "the law is a ass, a idiot." Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist As a reward for those who read my musings faithfully, I am always pleased when I can give...
View ArticleIn the War Between the CIA and Senate Democrats, Everybody Won Except the Public
Ryan Grim and Ali Watkins of Huffington Post headlined in an October 23rd news story, "Senate-CIA Dispute Unsettled As Final Investigation Into Torture Report Ends," and they reported that the...
View ArticleWhy I Cannot Vote Democratic This Year
It is the tree killing season. Politicians stuff our mailboxes hoping we will come to their aid as they save the planet. I live in Pennsylvania, where Tom Wolf has obliterated forests for flyers. His...
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