Articles Posted in the Opinion Category

  • Angelina’s Mastectomy & Media’s Lobotomy

    by Chris Kanthan on Jun 21, 2013 | 1 Comment

    Angelina Jolie’s decision to get a preventative double mastectomy was covered by the media in a very unusual way – a lot of the coverage was very emotional, and some of it misleading. Because of this high-profile event, it is reasonable to predict that many more women will now sign up for genetic testing, and some of them are going to end up having preventative mastectomies

    Posted in Healthcare, Media, Opinion, Politics

  • Politicians and Pundits Want to Know: Where’s the Outrage?

    by Jill Chapin on Jun 17, 2013 | 2 Comments

    Having been bombarded lately with one scandal after another, it’s understandable that they may have canceled each other out, numbing our reaction to otherwise serious issues. But there may be more to the public’s lack of fury besides information overload. Americans simply don’t trust their government…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • The Bradley Manning Matter

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 15, 2013 | 3 Comments

    Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army soldier, admitted sending 700,000 government documents to Wikileaks in 2010. It was the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.

    Posted in Opinion, War

  • GOP Senators Kill Paycheck Fairness Act

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 09, 2013 | 3 Comments

    The entire cast of Republican Senators voted June 4 to kill the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), equal pay legislation intended to close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act (EPA), first signed into law by President Kennedy over 50 years ago.

    Posted in Labor, Opinion, Politics

  • Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 03, 2013 | 2 Comments

    Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and get out,” a position proposed by the late Senator George Akin of Vermont at the end of the Vietnam war?

    Posted in Opinion, Politics, War

  • Time for Israel to Accept Arab Peace Initiative as Basis for Peace Negotiations

    by Ralph E. Stone on May 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

    What happened to the recent Arab Peace Initiative (API) unanimously endorsed by the 22-member Arab League in 2002 at the Beirut Summit of the Arab League? It is time for Israel to accept the API as a basis for peace negotiations.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics, War

  • Rethinking Law Enforcement Priorities on 4/20

    by Andrew "Ellard" Resignato on Apr 20, 2013 | 8 Comments

    I was attending a protest against the nudity ban recently. One of many since San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced and passed legislation banning nudity across the city. What was striking about this protest was that there were about 20 protesters and 20 police.

    Posted in Crime, Healthcare, Law, Opinion, Politics