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Blog Post Archive
Billy Shore: SNAP + SNAP Ed = Smart Policy
The powerful effect that SNAP and SNAP-Ed can have on a family is a story best told not by me but by a woman who has been a part of our No Kid Hungry campaign, Lareese.
Donald Carr: Tea For Me, Not For You
By virtually eliminating risk, crop insurance subsidies are encouraging farmers to plow up wetlands and prairies, a trend that is increasing water pollution, releasing more carbon into the atmosphere and destroying wildlife habitat.
Tim Profeta: The Climate Post: Carbon Dioxide Milestone Revised by NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii surpassed the milestone 400 parts per million for a sustained period.
Miranda Pacchiana: Fear and Love in Newtown
Since the shooting at Sandy Hook School, I admit there have been moments when I've had the fleeting urge to run away and escape from the sadness and pain in my town.
Robert David Jaffee: Shedding Stigma of Mental Illness Within the Military
While I recognize that the military is a unique institution with its own codes of conduct and ethos, this policy, tacit though it may be, of stigmatizing mental illness has got to end.
Tom Carpenter: If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix it-But it is Broke!
By removing the power of the "convening authority" from commanding generals any appearance of impropriety on the part of a commander is eliminated. Claims of undue command influence in the legal system would stop.
Hal Donahue: Gunmen, Robbery and Obamacare
Fearing someone may get something for nothing and scam the system, we punish the least among us who deserve respect and contribute to society as best they are able.
David Dent: Second Term Hell: Obama's Dante Days in Bush-Obama America
Every U.S. president should visit a Blackjack table in Atlantic City sometime in the first term. It should happen just as they are in the middle of those Dreams From Your Ego, which promise bright new hopes if they can only win that second term.
Darryl Woodard: Asymmetrical Warfare: For all Americans a 21st Century Challenge
The United States is now the sole technological super power in the world, and spends far more on defense than any other nation in the world. America had spent $711 billion on the War on Terror which also included the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the brief involvement in Libya.
Deborah Burger: Hospitals Should Be Care Providers Not Loan Sharks
If there is one problem that symbolizes the ongoing national healthcare emergency, it is the rampant price gouging in the healthcare industry that continues to price too many Americans out of access to care and into financial ruin.
Mike Lux: Which Side is the Government On?
In my 33 year and counting career in politics, I have done my share of both candidate campaigning and issue campaigning. In the last 15...
Rep. Gwen Moore: GOP "Cost-Benefit" Bill Benefits Wall Street and Costs Americans
Republicans again have it all wrong on the substance and politics as they bring to the House floor the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, or the...
Rev. Chuck Currie: Star Trek Demands Path Out Of The Darkness
"Star Trek Into Darkness" does what Star Trek has always done best: holds up a mirror to the United States and asks, "Are we the moral people we want to be?"
Tom Fox: Why we serve
Federal employees have different reasons for choosing a career in public service. Some have been influenced by personal experiences or external events. Some have followed...
Tom Fox: Ideas for Public Service Recognition Week
This week has been designated by Congress as Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW), a time to honor the men and women who work in government...
Blair Bowie: IRS Kerfuffle Shows Need for Disclosure Reforms
Transparency in campaign spending is a critical value to our democracy. We have long agreed that voters have the right to know who is attempting...
Tom Fox: Recruiting STEM talent into government
There has been much talk lately of President Obama's efforts to enhance education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, referred to as...
Elliott Negin: Unreliable Sources 3: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation
Despite the fact that ExxonMobil is still a significant contrarian funder, the flurry of media interest in the company's funding agenda sparked by UCS's exposé died down soon after its release and remains feeble to this day. What happened?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: When American Ambassadors Were Still Untouchable
The growing revelations from the Congressional hearings on Benghazi that the Obama State Department watered down public statements on the attack in order to cleanse them of any mention of Al Qaeda and terrorism is a travesty and shows a lack of moral will to give evil its proper name.
Peter Dreier: If Frances Kelsey Could Protect America From the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1962, Congress Can Today
You've probably never of her, but Frances Kelsey may have saved your life. Sometimes it takes a scandal to get the public's attention, but it also helps to have a courageous figure who takes on big business to protect public health and safety.