Monday, July 7, 2025

Beyond resistance: The story of 2016

Maybe someday we’ll look back and say this was the year a revolution began.

10 good things about a TERRIBLE year

As we head into the new year, let’s keep ourselves inspired by the hard work of folks at home and abroad who gave us something to cheer about for 2017.

Cosmic hypocrisy: Unqualified embrace of its VA win exposes GOP’s whopping big lie

Virginia results are bad news for the Democrats, incredibly bereft at effective messaging, but where's good news for the Trump fanatics, exposed nationally as indefensible liars and election manipulators?

Obama’s, and Washington’s, Absurd Choice of a Nuclear Deal or War on Iran

“The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon.” Why do we have to accept such limited choice of options?

DeVos’s education budget throws students to the loan sharks

It’s clear, no matter which company wins, the students lose.

Focus on Trump Shouldn’t Give Other Republicans a Free Pass

Focusing on Trump’s character flaws instead of the flawed Republican agenda is appropriate – up to a point.

Open letter to Louise Linton about angels and humanity

"We identify angels by looking at their hearts, not their hair."

Donald Trump is the fakest (and realest) news of all

After all—god save us—he might even find himself in the White House for a second term (if the coronavirus or Bernie Sanders doesn’t take him down first).

Iran protests through the prism of geopolitics

What happens in Iran in the next few weeks will determine wars and consequential events in the Middle East for the next few years.

We gave Pharma a blank check, now we’re paying the bill

We can and should ask our policymakers to rewrite the rules of our economy and rebuild a pharmaceutical industry that is designed to serve the needs of patients, not profits.