On February 26, Federal Communications Commissioner Tom Wheeler led the Democratic majority on the commission to a 3-2 net neutrality ruling that designated the Internet a public utility and prohibits big Internet service providers from establishing pay-to-play fast lanes for preferred content providers while slowing content for everyone else. By classifying the Internet as a […]

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  Always in low relief among the big personalities in the George W. Bush administration, making news only when compelled to answer for some unsavory task completed with canine fidelity to the president who 10 years earlier had bestowed upon him the political appointment that would make him the first Hispanic attorney general of the […]

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  By now the nine justices on the Supreme Court have reached their decision on the King v. Burwell lawsuit. It remains a secret until the court hands down its opinion in June. The plaintiffs are four Virginia residents who have challenged the provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that authorizes the Department of […]

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  When the United States began marathon negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program in the framework of the P5+1 nations, many observers anticipated that the U.S. would begin softening its stance toward Iran as its primary enemy in world politics. But that has not happened. The Obama administration insists Iran will remain an adversary […]

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  “Every effort was made for years to hide the truth and deny the medical research needed to fully treat the U.S. troops suffering from Gulf War Syndrome. —Former U.S. Senator Don Riegle, 2014. During and immediately after the first gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in […]

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