Category: Reflections

Organized labor is pulling out all stops to win back Congress for the Democrats. And it has a nasty little surprise for us if its …

This country’s schools have effectively been nationalized. Officially, there is still competition between school districts, and among public schools, private schools, and home schools, but …

Longtime members of the Libertarian Party – and even more so, former members of the LP who long ago dropped out – know that third …

Washington was one of seven states that allowed the sale of the “Plan B” antipregnancy drug before the FDA legalized it nationwide. In that state …

For three years now, the major news media have been bashing Bush with the allegation that he, or Chene~ or Rove, or someone else in …

When Medicare was enacted 40 years ago, it was intended to ensure vital medical care for those 65 and over. But things aren’t working out …

According to Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth,” If we don’t drastically cut our fossil fuel consumption within the next decade, the Earth will suffer irreversible damage. …

The 2006 ballot in Washington state will include Initiative 933. If it passes, the state government will be required to “consider and document” the adverse …

A recent article by Nancy Cleeland in the Los Angeles Times (Aug. 23), lachrymosely headlined “Rich, Poor Live Poles Apart in L.A. as Middle Class …

President Bush warned in his American Legion speech of August 31 and on other occasions that withdrawing from Iraq now would hand victory to America’s …