If a man owes the bank $10,000 and can’t pay, he’s in big trouble; but, if he owes $10 million and can’t pay, then it’s the bank that’s in big trouble.
That’s the hidden...
In 1996, by a 50-49 vote, the U.S. Senate defeated a bill outlawing job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Last week, in a step that dramatized how much ...
The Affordable Care Act was supposed to be a great advance in fostering access to medical insurance. It would contain costs, guarantee coverage, simplify consumer shoppi...
WASHINGTON — For President Obama, the one “must read” from the latest Sunday papers is an essay in The Washington Post by Jon Kingsdale, who ran the health exchange for ...
WASHINGTON — In spite of everything — the GOP’s internal scrimmages, the government shutdown, the party’s transparent attempts to derail Obamacare — Republicans keep get...
World Diabetes Day is Nov. 14, and we urgently need to address this plague right here at home.
Diabetes is a major public health problem — an epidemic — in the United St...
Allegations that a pro football player who quit his team was a victim of bullying have ignited a broader discussion of the role of violence in American society.
It’s a g...
WASHINGTON — President Obama is no lip-biting, tear-streaking, chin-trembling apologist.
When he said he was sorry for the health care mess-up in an interview with NBC’s...
Only weeks ago, the administration was touting an international agreement to rid Syria of its chemical weapons as a diplomatic triumph. U.S. officials predicted the deal...
WASHINGTON — It’s not about him. It’s about us.
As the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination approaches, we’ve been deluged with essays, books, websites, v...
