Environment
Two fine examples of American public servants
Paying tribute to Stewart Udall and Liz Carpenter, who died this weekend. Both typified the best of the Kennedy-Johnson cabinets, and both gave all their lives to the public good.
Ted Van Dyk
Ted Van Dyk has been active in national policy and politics since 1961, serving in the White House and State Department and as policy director of several Democratic presidential campaigns. He is auth
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Old forts never die
A visit to what little remains of once-spectacular Fort Ord, California, by one who was trained for war there.
politics
Did Democrats make health care harder than necessary?
In the 1960s, the Senate required 67 votes to break a filibuster, not today's 60. Yet, the more emotional Civil Rights Act carried passed; the White House took a stronger hand in drafting it and worked with Republicans from the start.
politics
Guns anywhere: U.S. has allowed absurdity to develop
The current argument about Starbucks' policy of allowing guns to be openly carried in its stores shows how the debate has gone from looking for reasonable regulations to the idea that there should be no controls on dangerous weapons.
politics
What Veterans Day and the Berlin Wall share
Both honor the end of war and oppression. But neither anniversary represents a true victory for peace.