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November 20, 2018 To Whom It May Concern: Sitting at my desk in the fall of 2018, I have no way of knowing what the future holds for the United States under the administration of Donald Trump. I hope it…
Beto O’Rourke for president? Had he pulled off a stunning upset and unseated Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) earlier this month, the speculation would have been both unavoidable and warranted. In defeat, by contrast, it seems vaguely absurd. But that didn’t…
The debate over current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s future in House leadership has turned acrimonious and, given the nature of the argument, personal. But if you step back a bit from the infighting, it’s easy to see that Pelosi and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a stark warning Tuesday: Don’t eat any romaine lettuce in the United States. In fact, if you have any in your home, you should throw it away. Do this “even if some…
Soon after Amy Smith* started thinking about having a baby a few years ago, she wondered what she’d do about her marijuana habit. Smith had deployed twice with the US Army, and had returned from Iraq with severe post-traumatic stress…
Part of Confronting America’s opioid epidemic If someone was doing the work Kimberly Blake is doing now just a year or so ago, she said, her son might still be alive. Blake, an OB-GYN in Burlington, Vermont, is taking on…
