NIH. CDC. FDA. EPA. ACIP People embedded in the US government regulatory agencies with first loyalties to corporate profits are destroying America. It’s time to throw the bums out. George Washington, the first President of the United State of America, set a tradition by declining to serve more than two terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt held […]
During our late July heat wave, I was talking with a man who was sweltering, because Portland General Electric had turned off his air conditioner as part of a program to shed load during periods of peak demand for electricity. He was being paid $50 for his trouble. That may sound like a good deal […]
The housing affordability crisis is turning Portland, already one of the whitest cities in America, into one that is even whiter. Census data indicate that, between 2010 and 2014, the number of whites living in the city of Portland grew by 30,500, or 6.8%, but the number of blacks shrank by 4,500, or 11.5%. Some […]
We Don’t Need Billion$ To Prevent Zika Controlling mosquitoes and preventing diseases requires smarter policies, not more billions By Paul Driessen and Robert Novak The Zika virus is increasingly linked to serious neurological complications for pregnant women and microcephaly in newborns: smaller than normal heads and brains. It also affects areas of fetal brains that […]