U.S.-Iran: Two Countries in the Iron Grip of Conservatives
The United States and Iran are said to be sworn enemies. U.S. politicians, especially in the Congress are still trying their darndest to intensify the economic choke hold on Iran, even as the...
View ArticleNew Year, Same Priority: 2014 Is the Year for Immigration Reform
On December 31, millions of Americans gathered in Times Square to welcome the beginning of 2014. As the cloud of confetti disappeared and the new year began on January 1, I reflected on what many...
View ArticleWhy Municipalities Should Look to San Jose, Not Detroit, For a Lesson in...
Judge Steven Rhodes's recent ruling in Detroit led many to believe that it is open season on worker pensions. The national media declared that local governments had new legal precedent to start cutting...
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Trade Policy: This Is Worth 2000 Words
A picture is worth 1000 words. So let me show you two of them. On the left, our trade balance between 1962 and 1992, before so-called "free trade agreements." And on the right, our trade balance since...
View ArticleCovering the World: Introducing The WorldPost
DAVOS -- Greetings from Davos. I'm here for the 44th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, where the theme is "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business," and...
View ArticlePresident Announces New Spy Restrictions
President Obama today announced a series of additional measures to restrict the scope of national surveillance activities... No longer guess citizens' political beliefs based on number of vowels in...
View ArticleBridgegate -- and the Right to Travel
David Wildstein and Company may not have been aware of it, but there is actually a Federal statute that makes it a crime to deliberately interfere with the right to travel across the George Washington...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons Montanans Should Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline
Have you ever been to a "White Elephant" party? It's a party where there are lots of beautifully wrapped packages, but the gifts are all stinkers. That's what the Keystone XL Pipeline is for Montana...
View ArticlePoor Women on the Margins
Every woman knows that the decision of whether or when to become a parent is the most personal and has lifelong gifts and impact. The decision affects her physical health and well-being as well as her...
View ArticleSmoke and Mirrors
Which is the lesser of two evils: inhaling smoke or inhaling steam? Which sounds more ridiculous: a ban on smoke or a ban on steam? And yet in the bizarro world of liberalism run wild, Democrats will...
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GOP Dissonance on Gov. Chris Christie Betrays Minority Outreach
The players may change from cycle to cycle but the game and its essential elements do not. There is only one question to be answered as to 2016 in the consideration of any candidate. Can he win? No,...
View ArticleI Live in a State that Respects Women. And Sadly, that's Unique.
Forty-one years after the historic Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, politicians across the nation are falling all over themselves to take away a woman's right to decide when and whether to have a...
View ArticleProtecting Access to Women's Health, 41 Years After Roe v. Wade
January marks the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court Case that legalized access to abortion for women throughout the nation. This landmark ruling is grounded in a belief that the...
View ArticleThe Threat To Reproductive Health Care--Part 1
January 22, 2014 marks the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that recognized a woman's constitutional right to abortion. This anniversary arrives -- once again...
View ArticleWendy Davis and the Amazing Media Mobile Home Mystery
The story is true. Every damned bit of it. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, Texas was a single mother. A teenaged mom. She lived in a mobile home. And went to Harvard. Also, she got help along the way. Can...
View ArticleChris Christie: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
This article was originally published on BetterAfter50.com. Christie is the gift that keeps on giving. Grab some popcorn and settle in, because this is going to be quite a ride -- ironically, thanks to...
View ArticleRegulatory Impartiality for Native American Tribal Lenders
The United States owes a fiduciary duty to Native American Indian Tribes. Yet the federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) seems unalterably bent on the regulatory crippling or destruction of...
View ArticleWest Virginia: Failed Government Should Not Be This President's Legacy
As people across the country and around the world watched the tableau of 300,000 West Virginians give up their drinking, cooking and bath water for days on end because an untested toxic chemical was...
View ArticleTV Media Stunt Caused St. Louis High School Lockdown -- What Were They Thinking?
Last week, a St. Louis-based KSDK-TV reporter caused an hour-long lockdown at Kirkwood High School in his attempts to "test" school security. He failed initially to acknowledge his identity and the...
View ArticleTo Reform the NSA, Slash Its Budget
Thus far, the "debate" over the breadth and depth of the National Security Agency's (NSA) overreach has exclusively addressed its programs -- what it does, what it is authorized to do, its...
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