Expand CDC Precautions Based Upon Evidence-Based Science: Quarantine, Not a Ban
All major public health organizations, including the International Red Cross, challenge the scientific merits of a travel ban on African nationals traveling from Ebola-affected countries. It doesn't...
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Friday Talking Points -- McConnell For Sale!
A program note, before we get started: There will be no Friday Talking Points column next week. We have to make room for our traditional Hallowe'en column, where we try to scare the pants off of...
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Kaiser Permanente Is Failing Its Mental Health Patients
In September, after more than a year of stonewalling its patients and employees, Kaiser Permanente finally paid a $4-million fine levied against it by state regulators because of the HMO's chronic,...
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Why Every Vote Counts
What do a dairy farmer, the New York State Senate and LGBT equality have in common? The answer: 18 votes. Two years ago, Cecilia Tkaczyk was running for office in the 46th Senate District in the...
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Government Gold-Plating
Senator Tom Coburn released his annual Wastebook this past week. It contains a laundry list of doozies. The U.S. government's gold-plating operations included $190,000 to study compost digested by...
View ArticleWashington Must Recognize India as Another Great Power to Be
Before becoming prime minister, India's Narendra Modi was barred from receiving a visa to visit the U.S. A rising leader in the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he was tied to deadly...
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Ukraine's Uncertain Future
Elizabeth Pond, the respected American author who has reported on Eastern Europe for three decades, recently wrote a eulogy for Ukraine. The seizure of Crimea, Russia's military rout of the Ukrainians...
View ArticleJerry Brown Does His Yale Law Reunion While Kashkari Keeps Attacking and...
Republican Neel Kashkari has intensified his attack on Governor Jerry Brown, insisting that he has uncovered "Jerry Brown's Watergate." So what does Brown do? Continue to ignore the former Wall Street...
View ArticleTom Udall vs. Allen Weh Nonpartisan Candidate Guide For New Mexico Senate...
Are you looking for a nonpartisan voter guide to the Tom Udall vs. Allen Weh Senate race? One that will give you an unbiased, no-spin comparison of candidate positions on key issues? That's what our...
View ArticleThe GOP Simultaneously Cries 'Wolf' and 'The Sky Is Falling'
Despicable. That's the only word for it. I refer to the recent official email "Responding to the Ebola Crisis" of October 17 from my congressional representative, Bob Goodlatte, of Virginia's 6th...
View Article3 Reasons Why Oregon Should Be Next to Legalize Marijuana
I've got my fingers crossed for our neighbors to the south to join us in a legal weed wonderland, and it's not for the reasons you might think. I'm a licensed recreational marijuana processor in...
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A New Twist on the Get-Out-the-Vote Message
Tuesday, November 4, is Election Day in America. We all know that voting is the bedrock of democracy. In fact, the word itself means "people power," from the Greek: demos meaning "the people" and...
View ArticleGOP Leader Unhappy With Flood of Money in Politics
At a campaign event for Senate hopeful Joni Ernst in Des Moines on Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told me that he is unhappy with Citizens United and would revisit the landmark Supreme Court...
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The Handshake of Asia's Dreams?
Rumor has it that in early November, on the sidelines of the big, Asian regional economic meeting called APEC China's President Xi Jiping and Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo might shake hands. A far...
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Ebola and the Fear That Makes Us Stupid
Who says that ordinary Americans can't make a difference? Last week, a few hundred frightened, insular people in Oklahoma City got millions of Africans scratching their heads on just how stupid...
View ArticleGMOs Expose Dangerous Science Disconnect in Agriculture
A contentious issue in the upcoming Colorado and Oregon GMO labeling referendums is the perceived safety of consuming genetically modified foods. Question a representative of the National Corn Growers...
View ArticleTankman, the GOP and Voting Rights
One of the most evocative images of the 20th century was the image of a single man standing in front of a column of tanks as part of the pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week, Ebola arrived in New York City -- America's most crowded and most media-saturated metropolis. So, as word spread on Thursday, so did the hysteria. But thankfully, Ebola (or "Ebowla," as some...
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Jon Husted vs. Nina Turner Nonpartisan Candidate Guide For Ohio Secretary of...
Are you looking for a nonpartisan voter guide to the Jon Husted vs. Nina Turner Secretary of State race? One that will give you an unbiased, no-spin comparison of candidate positions on key issues?...
View ArticleGotcha, Government!
A recent CBS News poll confirms what we already know. The performance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Veterans Affairs Department (VA), and the Department of Homeland...
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