Sen. Tom Harkin
There was a lot of talk about the public health insurance option over the weekend. From a steak fry fundraiser in Iowa to the Sunday morning talk shows to a rally in Minnesota attended by the president, the…
To a considerable degree, the federal Farm Bill of 2007 — which, five months into 2008 has yet to be passed by Congress — is a welfare program for millionaires. President George W. Bush calls it wasteful and promises to…
My Wednesday column contrasted the solicitous treatment the government gives to retired senior officers moonlighting as on-air military analysts with the years of continuing struggle faced by active-duty troops and veterans to get decent care for mental problems, including post-traumatic…
