Without a major course correction, our present trajectory on climate change imperils our future. Each day that passes without action does more harm to our environment, our country, and our loved ones. This is why I fully support the Environmental Protection Agency’s new energy standard, which serves as part of […]

In recent days, there has been the usual firestorm of reaction to a new initiative by President Obama on the Internet and in blogs and columns, as well as on Washington insider “talking heads” blab shows, but in the case of reactions to the president’s major foreign policy speech at […]

President Obama is under an irrational attack from Republicans for what they perceive as a weak foreign policy.

Those who’ve seen or plan to see the film version of Larry Kramer’s gut-wrenching play, “The Normal Heart,” that premiered on HBO last Sunday and is now being frequently repeated, need to know how some subtle but critical modifications to the original script completely shifted its core meaning. Kramer, a […]

With Memorial Day kicking off the summer and warm weather here to stay, it’s time to prepare for the seasonal threat to the Mid-Atlantic region from hurricanes and other severe weather events. Ahead of the start of hurricane and flash flood season on June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

At what point do we stop pretending that Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land? In 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court fumbled when it asserted that abortion regulations could not put an “undue burden” on women. This vague language opened the door for legislators […]

Last week the LA Times ran a story saying that the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is about to reduce “its” estimate of the amount of shale oil that can be recovered from the Monterrey Shale under California by 96 percent.

Having asserted in this column last week the “substantiality” of God over notions nothing more than mental constructs, now comes my effort at defining the meaning of “God.” To what does that refer? Every person who has ever lived has been challenged in one way or another to come to […]

This past weekend marked the 60th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

The mindless Obama bashing by Republicans has sunk to new depths this week, as they try to undermine Michelle Obama’s healthy school-lunch standards. Keeping children healthy shouldn’t be a partisan issue, but if the First Lady had spoken in favor of oxygen, the GOP would have campaigned for carbon dioxide. […]