Yearly Archives: 2015
Let’s Get on Board With High-Speed Rail
High-speed rail offers such huge benefits for us that we need to push it to the center of our policy demands, especially with a national election cycle already on us.
Identified Paris Attackers Were Not Refugees
Contrary to previous reports, all identified terrorists involved in the Paris attacks last week were European nationals. Does this affect the outlook on Syrian refugees resettling in foreign countries?
Bernie Sanders Opposes Nomination of FDA Chairman With Ties to Big Pharma
Dr. Califf neglected to answer Bernie Sanders’ questions directly, choosing to evasively respond with pipe dreams involving ideal situations instead of tackling the nation’s current dilemmas.
The Perils of Circus Politics
No opinion leader any longer commands enough broad-based respect to influence a majority of the public. Circus politics may be fun to watch, but it’s profoundly dangerous for America and the world.
After Paris, Imagine the Children of Syria
The recent attacks on Paris are terrible, but is indiscriminate retaliation only fueling the flames of terrorism?
Muslim Activist in Paris Condemns Attacks, Rising Islamophobia
Reports of Islamophobia have already emerged following the Paris attacks, and fears of attacks on Muslims in Paris have risen.
Pray With Your Feet
Civil disobedience to halt the assault by the oil and gas industry is an act of faith for retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard.
Hard Questions for Debating Democrats
It is easy enough to denounce the denialists on the Republican side, but the Democratic candidates ought to be asked how they differ in dealing with the most challenging issue of our time: global climate change.
Socialism as a Cure for Exceptionalism
A sense of exceptionalism drives our foreign policy, and distances the 'takers' in the 1% from the more social-minded and once-thriving middle class. Will political revolution envisioned by Bernie Sanders restore that social-mindedness?
No, Muslims Are Not More Violent Than People of Other Religions. Here Are the...
Terrorism is a tactic of extremists within each religion, and within secular religions of Marxism or nationalism. No religion, including Islam, preaches indiscriminate violence against innocents.