Just under 25 years ago, while spending the year teaching in Iraqi Kurdistan, I was at a café with some Swedish NGO workers. Both BBC and Al Jazeera were on television showing much the same footage: Israeli tanks had encroached several dozen meters into Gaza. Commentators hyperventilated about Israeli intentions and demanded UN Security Council […]
Last week, Costco announced it would not sell abortion-inducing Mifepristone at its 500-plus pharmacies, following a pressure campaign from conservative groups. Pro-life activists view this as a victory, but if it is, it’s incomplete. It does not do enough to protect the lives and health of women who use this drug. Our government should. Imagine […]
The Smithsonian Institution removed references to President Donald Trump earlier this year from its exhibit on the impeachment of presidents. This small change, reverting the exhibit to its pre-Trump form, highlighted the important fact that a museum can change when or if it wants to. The removal of Trump from the impeachment exhibit was no doubt an attempt to […]
A thunderous explosion stunned Israel’s capital Aug. 9, 2001, destroying a crowded Sbarro pizzeria. Seven of the 16 murdered in the Jerusalem blast were...
It should not be lost amid the bizarre social media posts, Gavin Newsom is most likely to be the 2028 Democratic nominee for president. This means there is a real threat that his failed California model will take root in Washington, D.C. Newsom’s social media team is currently conducting a sad political impersonation effort, mimicking President Donald Trump’s social media posts […]
Tennessee lawmakers are once again considering legislation that would expand government interference in the healthcare market by targeting pharmacy benefit managers. First of all, I’m no fan of PBMs. There should be guardrails on them, and Tennessee has already put some on several times over the past decade. However, what I’m even more concerned about […]
The buying and selling of human babies has gone unnoticed by federal policymakers for too long, but that may soon change. In the past three months, the subject has generated several stories that reveal an alarming level of political neglect. It was discovered that a man on the sex offender registry purchased a baby in Pennsylvania, two […]
Barack Obama took blue California's side in the redistricting fight with Texas, but his own history with gerrymandering makes his claim to the moral...
