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A Few Items To Ponder, Two Of Them Important

Today, We Thank Our Veterans ― Ninety Years Ago, We Did Something Else

A Midterm Reminder That Bears Repeating

The Earth Is Moving Under Medicare And The Price Of Drugs ― But Slowly.

The Role Of Religion In Our Divided America

“Where Is Nancy?”

For Something Different, “What Are They Breeding In Snohomish, Washington”?

College Admission Test Scores Have Declined For Five Straight Years. America’s Educational System Needs Fixing.

Will The State Of The Economy Determine The Midterm Outcomes?

The final (We Think) Public Hearing Of The Committee To Investigate the Insurrection Of January 6th

Follow The Money—If You Can

How To Explain Georgia And Herschel Walker

Racism In America: The Road To The New Jim Crow Runs Along The School To Prison Pipeline

Speaking Of Cavalier Cruelty…

Cavalier Greed And Cruelty In Minnesota

Workin’ On The Railroad…Or, Maybe Not

A Potpourri To Begin Your Week

A Remembrance

Once Again History Rhymes

A Few Weekend Thoughts On Biden's College Loan Forgiveness Program

Paid Sick Leave: Public Policy That Makes Ethical And Economic Sense

Do Right To Carry Laws Make Us Safer?

The Grinding Wheels Of Justice

Two Stories: Only One Of Them Good

On Health, History And The Fine Art Of Fudging Data

Friday Thoughts About Precrime: Alive And Well In The Florida Of Ron DeSantis

Two Months Worth Of News In Ten Days

An Indiana Power Grab Shows Politics At Its Worst

Gavin Newsome And Insulin: An Example Of What Leadership Looks Like

Weekend Musings Before Heading Off To The Grand Canyon And A Meeting With A Mule

The Select Committee Peels More Of The Insurrection Onion

The Biggest Grifter In History?

From Watergate To Tonight's Public Hearing: A Stark Contrast

Econofact.org: A Resource-Rich Site For People Serious About Understanding The Problems We Face

Gun Violence In America Is An Example Of The Worst Form Of Insanity

It Is Time For Some Morality In Leadership

Mississippi: America's Third World Country

Where Do We Go From Here?

The Leak

As Thin As The Skin On A Grape

A National Disaster. A National Disgrace.

How To Rebuild Ukraine And Who Pays For It?

The Sunshine State Goes Darth Vader Dark

Unmasked In America

How Easy It Is

The Dragon Has Struck

Important Items You Might Have Missed This Week

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Process Is A Repulsive Metaphor For Our Time

To Recapture Its Greatness, America Must Look To Its Past

The Long Recent History Of Russian Brutality

Rick Scott Is Going To Rescue America!

The Saga Continues In You Know Where

Last Week Today: Mr. & Mrs. Thomas, Cory Booker's Sermon, And The Loss Of A Titan

The Picture Of Evil

How Much Does Truth Matter In America Today?

Thursday Thoughts

Zelenskyy's Heroism, Women's Long March to Equality, And then there's Ron Desantis

Stories I Was Planning To Address. They'll Have To Wait.

Ukraine, Day Six. Which Way To The Exit?

Ukraine, Still Standing Against All Odds

And My Guitar Gently Weeps

War And Death In Ukraine - And Sanctions

Quo Vadis, Ukraine?

And The Nominee Is?

Easy Enough

News You Might Have Missed To End Your Week

Medicaid Expansion: An Addendum To My Two-Part Series

ACA Medicaid Expansion — Part 2: The Opposition

The Proven, Credible Benefits of ACA Medicaid Expansion — Part 1

Yes, Jennifer, It Really Is Human Error!

What's Next In The Voting Rights Saga?

The Fog and Filthy Air

North Carolina And Ohio: Worlds Apart

North Carolina Shows The Difficulty Of Passing Voting Rights Legislation

The Past As Prologue

Can America Fix Its Public Health System?