Opinions

Reportedly it was President Harry Truman who said, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”  But what happens when our furry friends grow old and suffer from arthritis, as happens to about 20% of canines? Current arthritis... Read More

As a volunteer, I recently outlined the steps of transitioning off federal welfare assistance to a pair of families who had been hired as full-time employees. What has become a common reaction, concerned about losing welfare benefits, they did not... Read More

Higher education’s efforts to act globally are often judged by the successes of their study abroad programs. The number of students they accept from, or send to, other countries is often over-relied upon as the quality measure of institutions’ efforts... Read More

Make no mistake, a global war for talent is underway. Unfortunately, America is losing. Other countries are well-aware of these competitive sweepstakes and are modernizing their immigration pathways to attract the best and the brightest from around the world. Just... Read More

Before the 118th Congress had even been sworn into office, a feeling of skepticism about operating under a divided government washed over Washington. While legislating with each party in control of one chamber is not easy, and partisan squabbles can... Read More

With over 1 billion active monthly users — including 80 million in the U.S. — TikTok has quickly taken the world by storm as one of the fastest growing apps in history, with no sign of slowing down.  But lurking behind the... Read More

As lawmakers and security experts wrestle with questions about how to deal with unmanned and unidentified aerial objects in our skies, government officials should consider all tools to address these U.S. airspace challenges. Emerging technologies such as quantum computing could... Read More

Over the next decade to slow the pace of climate change it is imperative that we transition towards a better mix of energy sources and speed the adoption of renewable power sources like wind and solar.  Fortunately, the Biden administration... Read More

Tens of thousands of University of California employees held out for higher pay and better working conditions after 48,000 teaching assistants, postdocs, researchers and graders went on strike — the largest in the history of higher education. While the UC... Read More

The word "vend" means "to sell" but also "to utter publicly." Vending machines offer remarkable insights into the near-term priorities and preferences of not just consumers but a citizenry. Our first encounters with vending machines were beasts dispensing cigarettes in... Read More

After nearly five years into the effort to secure approval for the Willow Project in Alaska, America’s blue-collar workers are ready to get to work. Despite the controversy and fearmongering, developing our own domestic energy with strong environmental safeguards is... Read More

The Chinese balloon moving over the continental United States last month, as we know now, was not some rogue surveillance operation gone wrong. Instead, it was part of a broader surveillance program that China directed over the past few years. This should come as... Read More

Thousands of jobs once considered safe are beginning to evaporate as layoffs hit the tech sector and threaten union plans to organize the industry. Over 180,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2022 — more than half in... Read More

From guns to masks and more, too many issues today have become politicized and are not addressed based on dispassionate facts and common sense. The current tax on stock buybacks and the talk of quadrupling it is yet another such... Read More

We’ve seen it play out time and again: The media doesn’t trust the government, the government doesn’t trust the media, and people throughout the country don’t trust either. So who do we trust? Edelman’s recently published annual Trust Barometer helps... Read More

Hurricane Ian was just the latest in a long series of natural disasters that put immense stress on our public health system and our emergency responders. While states and the federal government do everything in their power to mitigate the... Read More

Growing up in the '70s and '80s, one of my favorite publications was Mad Magazine. While full of sophomoric humor, including a multitude of burp and fart jokes, it also provided a healthy sense of skepticism on the face values... Read More

What makes the American medical community the envy of the world is its fierce commitment to cutting-edge research and innovation. Now, a new innovation in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis could help millions of patients receive effective care more efficiently,... Read More

The issue of energy has come to play a central role in governance in recent years. Energy efficiency — costs — and various types of emissions affect every type of industry, from agriculture to aviation to the automotive. Challenged by... Read More

Thanks to better treatments for more diseases like cancer and heart disease, Americans are living longer and life after 60 is becoming more active and productive. The trend is expanding, because by 2030 about one in five Americans will be... Read More

Since President Biden announced his preference for South Carolina to be the first Democratic presidential primary state, many have put in their two cents on the matter. As the South Carolina state director for Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign, I’m... Read More

Republican efforts to punish corporations for social advocacy are hypocritical and go against what voters want.  "Go woke. Go broke."  Tweets and statements like this from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and other Republican policymakers send a clear message, that Republicans in Congress are... Read More

In the six months since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Castro-Huerta case, the majority opinion has been universally condemned by leading Indian Country legal scholars. It has been described as an unconstitutional “act of conquest” that flips 200... Read More

This past November, Democrats defied political gravity to hold on to the Senate and minimize losses in the House. The message from voters was clear: Despite deep economic anxieties, most Americans believe that the Biden administration has a chance to... Read More

Every holiday season the cost of travel, gifts and meals add up fast, forcing many people to stretch their budgets to close out the year. The skyrocketing price of everything from turkey to toys means this year Americans are feeling... Read More

Rare diseases are, by definition, uncommon. For a disease to qualify as rare, it must affect fewer than 200,000 Americans — or less than .06% of the U.S. population. While the odds of being diagnosed with any individual rare disease... Read More

Unless there is major drama or interesting characters with inflammatory behavior, international trade or tax treaties do not attract much attention among the general public. The last time U.S. households watched trade negotiations with great interest was the renegotiation of... Read More

Throughout the open enrollment period that is now drawing to a close, Medicare-eligible beneficiaries have had the option to enroll in an affordable, high-quality and comprehensive health care program known as Medicare Advantage, sometimes also called Medicare Part C.  Medicare... Read More

Amid growing concerns around climate change and carbon emissions, consider some brass tacks market predictions for the energy sector in this decade. Valued at $881.7 billion in 2020, the global renewable energy market is expected to reach almost $2 trillion... Read More

While the final election results are trickling in, there is enough evidence to glean lessons about the health of U.S. democracy. Most importantly, we can celebrate that extremism was largely rejected in closely contested elections, but we cannot let our... Read More