Massachusetts Dems should learn from GOP on Senate succession policy
When Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) died, the terms of succession fell to the governor who had to chose between three candidates supplies by the party of the senator. When Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY) died, the...
View ArticleSenate needs Mo Cowan, mo’ African Americans
Someday, you can tell your grandchildren that you were alive when the Senate first had two African-Americans at the same time. Hopefully, your grandchildren will find that strange, since the Senate...
View ArticleBarack Obama calls for infrastructure fixes 4 years too late
In 2009, Barack Obama inherited a situation with crumbling infrastructure and a lot of people out of work. In a 2+2=4 world, the logical step would be to take the people out of work and have them build...
View ArticleFarm Bill split should lead to frank food stamps discussion
Instead of being subtle about its hatred for food stamps, the GOP is being openly hostile by splitting food assistance away from the Farm Bill. But for too long, the combination of subsidies for rich...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown played havoc on the food supply
I had resisted the temptation to write about the government shutdown. This obviously one-sided battle was being masqueraded as an “Obama shutdown” once it became unpopular (which happened pretty...
View ArticleConservative politicians need food security solutions, not rhetoric
The following column ran on BalanceofFood.com and runs here with complete permission. Some conservative politicians get upset over the idea of government helping those that need help (as opposed to...
View ArticleSenate passes Farm Bill with yet more food stamps cuts
The following column ran on BalanceofFood.com and runs here with complete permission. “Our political system is basically evil versus spineless now,” former Clinton USDA official Joel Berg. As someone...
View ArticlePaul Ryan school lunch lie showcases GOP irrationality
This column originally ran on BalanceofFood.com. The column appears here with complete permission. “What they’re offering people is a full stomach and an empty soul.“...
View ArticleStephen Harper, Pauline Marois import GOP dirty tricks to reduce voting
This column courtesy of CanadianCrossing.com runs here with complete permission. Stephen Harper and Pauline Marois rarely have something in common, but that something is a trend that has been sweeping...
View ArticleNew Brunswick forced to confront abortion access issue
We will have at least one more provincial election in 2014, the regularly scheduled election in New Brunswick on September 22. We might have a key issue in New Brunswick with a topic that rarely comes...
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