Our political pastime: Lying about race
Some people find weird ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While watching TV, for example, I was jerked alert by an ad touting deep discounts during Honda's "Martin...
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Our political pastime: Lying about race
Some people find weird ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While watching TV, for example, I was jerked alert by an ad touting deep discounts during Honda's "Martin...
Government going overboard in ban of e-cigarettes
As a recovering nicotine addict, the rising tide of local bans against puffing in public on electronic cigarettes makes me wonder what lawmakers have been smoking. By an overwhelming 45-4...
Government going overboard in ban of e-cigarettes
As a recovering nicotine addict, the rising tide of local bans against puffing in public on electronic cigarettes makes me wonder what lawmakers have been smoking. By an overwhelming 45-4...
What teen-mom shows don’t show
Do MTV's teen mom shows really lead to lower teen birth rates? Or not? Depends on whose scientific study you believe. A new university study made headlines with a sunny...
Is the GOP waging ‘war’ against poverty or the poor?
Surprise. Some of the ideas that Republican presidential hopefuls offer for a conservative "war on poverty" aren't bad, although too many sound like a war on the poor. The good...
What LBJ’s poverty ‘war’ won
Happy birthday, "War on Poverty." Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared that war in his Jan. 8, 1964, State of the Union address, it looks like poverty won,...
What LBJ’s poverty ‘war’ won
Happy birthday, "War on Poverty." Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared that war in his Jan. 8, 1964, State of the Union address, it looks like poverty won,...
Cut a Snowden deal? It could happen
Some of my longtime friends, online and in real life, have turned against my belief that Edward Snowden deserves a break. Now I know how The New York Times feels,...
Why I hate watching fake-Washington on TV
Among other landmarks, 2013 was the year of a big comeback for dramatic and comedic TV series about spies, politics and other shenanigans in Washington, D.C. That's a big turnaround...