(Opinion) A tale of two justices: lessons from the Fortas, Thomas affairs
Is there a greater degree of ethical laxness now?
Author: Jonathan P. Baird
The long, shameful road to a new women’s prison
The 30-year wait for a new facility represents a moral failure by the Legislature
The planned destruction of Medicaid
Since the Republican Senate health care bill was released, there has been much discussion about its worst aspects. Is it the cutting 22 million people off health insurance? Is it doing away with pre-existing condition protections? Or is it the…
How Democrats lost the white working class
Social science research does not often make news. One exception was the study by two Princeton University researchers, Anna Case and Angus Deaton, that showed that middle-aged white Americans were dying younger. Suicide, alcoholism and drug overdoses are an increasing…
It was arrogance that did the Dems in
Democrats need to abandon Clinton’s brand of centrism and embrace the Sanders wing
The time is now for paid family leave
It results in better outcomes for parents, children and businesses
Does the ‘fascist’ label fit Trump?
Probably no word in political vocabulary is more misused than fascist. It is used all the time as an insult or as a way to tag a political opponent. It may just be used as a form of name-calling to…
The GOP’s disturbing nativist direction
Those who wish to restrict immigration are misinterpreting the 14th Amendment
JFK’s greatest legacy: He avoided nuclear war
Late president showed great courage and wisdom during Cuban missile crisis
Paranoia plays a role in pro-gun movement
Since the shootings at Aurora and Newtown, the irrationality, bordering on hysteria, of the pro-gun, no-regulation folks has been on display
