Big Pharma Divorces Billy Tauzin

Some marriages are made in heaven, some in hell. The matrimony of Billy Tauzin and Big Pharma was definitely hellish—especially for us innocent bystanders. Tauzin, a longtime Congress critter who became a lobbyist, is an old school wheeler-dealer. He reminds me...

Down and Out…in America

Hard to live On lousy pay; All the good jobs Went away. Returning from Haiti makes life in America look pretty sweet…briefly. Until you read the data. The poverty rate here is up to 12 percent, or 39 million people. Unemployment hovers around 10 percent (not...

The Top 10 Reasons We Don’t Need More Nukes

Many of President Barack Obama’s domestic priorities seem intractably stuck in partisan gridlock, but one of his recent State of the Union proposals appears to be moving ahead quickly: taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for so-called “safe, clean, nuclear...

I Play an Objective Expert on TV

When you’re cruising past the cable news channels, do you ever find yourself wondering who are those folks pontificating on TV chat shows? A new investigation provides some answers—along with lots of questions about what the cable channels are hiding from...