Articles of Interest
February 28, 2017, 3:43pm

By Henry Waxman – The Washington Post.

Henry Waxman is chairman of Waxman Strategies, a public affairs and strategic communications firm. He served as a Democrat in the House of Representatives from 1975 to 2015.

Congressional Republicans and President Trump … Read more »

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February 28, 2017, 3:42pm

By Dana Milbank – The Washington Post.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a fourth-generation military man, deployed twice to Afghanistan. The second time, as a 22-year-old Marine corporal in 2010, he led an eight-man infantry team into combat. Two of his men were … Read more »

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February 27, 2017, 7:47pm

By EMILY DREYFUSS – Wired.com

YOU ONLY USE 10 percent of your brain. Eating carrots improves your eyesight. Vitamin C cures the common cold. Crime in the United States is at an all-time high.

None of those things are true.… Read more »

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February 25, 2017, 2:38pm

By Linda Qui – The New York Times.

President Trump’s speech on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference followed a familiar pattern: Blast the news media as “dishonest,” repeat a string of falsehoods and wrap up by promising to

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February 25, 2017, 2:35pm
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February 24, 2017, 3:36pm

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM – The New York Times.

WASHINGTON — Journalists from The New York Times and several other news organizations were prohibited from attending a briefing by President Trump’s press secretary on Friday, a highly unusual breach of … Read more »

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February 23, 2017, 6:05pm

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch

It started in June 2015 with that Trump Tower escalator ride into the presidential race to the tune of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” (“But there’s a warnin’ sign on the road ahead, … Read more »

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February 22, 2017, 6:53pm

By Dana Milbank – The Washington Post.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a fourth-generation military man, deployed twice to Afghanistan. The second time, as a 22-year-old Marine corporal in 2010, he led an eight-man infantry team into combat. Two of his men were … Read more »

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February 21, 2017, 1:57pm

By Edward Price – The Washington Post.

Edward Price worked at the CIA from 2006 until this month, most recently as the spokesman for the National Security Council.

Nearly 15 years ago, I informed my skeptical father that I was … Read more »

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February 20, 2017, 5:16pm

By ANN M. RAVEL – The New York Times.

Nearly three years ago, during my tenure as vice chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, I wrote in this newspaper that my own agency was failing to enforce campaign finance laws. … Read more »

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