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Who Do You Trust?
In President Obama's January 17 address on the NSA and all things supposedly secret he talked about what will be tracked and what won't be tracked. He talked about who is tracking the data and where...
View ArticleIs the National Drinking Age Doing More Harm Than Good?
People younger than 21 cannot buy or possess alcohol in the United States, yet that age group accounts for 17.5 percent of consumer spending for alcohol nationwide -- and 90 percent of that is consumed...
View ArticleGovernment Has a Pivotal Role to Play in War on Obesity
This year, America celebrates the 50th anniversary of the war on tobacco. Through a comprehensive campaign that included health warnings, public education, and taxes, anti-tobacco campaigns have...
View ArticleWill the GOP Get Away With Its Economic Sabotage?
Republicans smell an election opportunity -- but only if they can keep the economy down, jobs down and wages down. Most recently to keep people and the economy miserable, they filibustered long-term...
View ArticleShriver Report and Paid Leave: How Women Are Pushing Back From the Brink
Of all of the things working women need to get onto more secure economic footing, paid leave tops the list, according to a newly released report titled "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back...
View ArticleBeyond Davos: The Importance of Conversation
With some of the greatest minds in the world together in one place, the well-publicized discussions and debates taking place at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week can surely light the spark of...
View ArticleThe White Feminist Savior Complex
I am a white feminist. I want all people everywhere to be able to live lives free from oppression. This is what I, and other feminists, work towards. We have lofty goals, but we also have enthusiasm,...
View ArticleTwo Bushes = Two Recessions, Three Wars: Why Jeb Will Never Be President
Now that Chris Christie is generally considered to be toast for the nomination he never would have had anyhow, Jeb Bush is being whispered about as the Republicans' "great white hope." Barbara Bush...
View ArticleGrowth Is Not Enough, Young People Want to Live in a Decent Society
Judging by our politicians' squabbling over each quarter's GDP figures, you would think that economic growth is the only thing that matters in life. So it's refreshing that a newly published global...
View ArticleWhy the Hastert Rule Is Bad for America
I, like millions of other Americans during the first half of October, 2013, felt a hazy angst as the shutdown of the government commenced. At the bottom of it I struggled to fathom how a government...
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Enrollment of Young People in ACA Likely to Improve With Time
The Department of Health and Human Services recently delivered the latest enrollment numbers for the national and state health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. The main focus...
View ArticleStopping the Privatization of American Public Higher Education
The American public higher education finance system is broken. States' disinvestment in higher education in recent decades has driven tuition prices ever higher, placing us at the precipice of a...
View ArticleThe Shape of Things To Come: Hillary a Lock, Jerry Brown for President?
We will know a great deal more about the 2016 presidential race in a year's time. This is the year in which impressions about the slow-paced economic recovery will solidify into a partial frame for the...
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Friday Talking Points -- 2014 the Year of the Marijuana Voter?
Before we get to the marijuana news (and speculation), while Congress was off on yet another week-long vacation, there were a flurry of reports issued from various groups studying various aspects of...
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The Sundance Interviews: The New Mitt Romney Documentary Reveals the Man Some...
The Day for Night series traveled to Sundance to talk to some of the makers of the films playing at the festival this year. Based on the promise that he would reveal no footage until either after Mitt...
View ArticleWhen Empire Turns on Itself
The tipping point of the 2012 presidential election may have been the unauthorized release of Mitt Romney's "47 percent" speech. Preaching to a closed and select group of the well-heeled, Romney...
View ArticleInvesting in Medical Research for the Future of Our Health and Economy Should...
Not long ago, a promising young doctor came to me in tears, alarmed about the future of his research career. I was chair of the psychiatry department, and he wanted some fatherly advice. He was...
View ArticleBlocking Votes, Selling Guns
Why is the right to vote less valued than the right to own a gun? Why is one ID attacked and the other protected? On June 25, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the U.S.A. ruled that parts of...
View ArticleThe Counter Terrorism Card Backfires on Syrian Regime's Delegation in Montreux
The Montreux episode did not go as desired by the diplomacy of the axis comprising Russia, Iran, China, and Hezbollah, which backs the Syrian regime in Damascus. The Geneva 2 round of negotiations...
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