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PublishedApril 1, 2012
OUR OPINION: USDA regulators should speak out about tainted food
The old saying that what you don't know won't hurt you may be true sometimes, but not when it comes to ensuring the safety of the food supply.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2012
OUR OPINION: Outdated science can’t protect us from new toxins
A 1970s law based on 1960s science is all we have to protect us from toxic substances in our environment.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Sex-trafficking victims become political footballs
Helping victims of human trafficking, some who have suffered rape and forced prostitution, put their lives back together requires providing them with a full range of reproductive services, including contraception and abortion.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2012
OUR OPINION: Many will lose if court topples health reform law
The Affordable Care Act was on trial in Washington this week, and we can only wait to find out the verdict.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Pink slime not our only icky food additive
A century ago, cautious housewives demanded that the butcher grind their beef in front of them so they could be sure he didn't toss in offal or scraps of lower-quality meat.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Feds still have role in improving graduation rate
The nation’s high school graduation rate rose from 72 percent to 75.5 percent between 2002 and 2009. The progress reflects intensive efforts by a number of states to develop and implement strategies to keep students from dropping out. And one key factor in prodding states to act was federal pressure — most notably, the oft-maligned […]
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PublishedMarch 26, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: A shoot-first mentality in Florida
There are good reasons why the killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black youth who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer while walking through a gated community in Florida, has attracted national outrage.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: In spite of rules, congressional junkets still happen
You may have heard this phrase: "You can't get something for nothing."
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PublishedMarch 26, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Baby boomer boom must spur program reform
As the U.S. unemployment rate has dropped over the past year, a persistent refrain from many quarters has been that part of the drop can be chalked up to people removing themselves from the labor force.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Crowdsourcing opens door to better science
In the decade since Wikipedia showed how it could be done, there has been an extraordinary democratization of knowledge.
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