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Two Parties: Two Countries

Honest effort and compassion are two qualities crucial for our future as a country, and as a free people.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - We have a two-party political system, one that evolves with time, people, and circumstance.

Democrats were, for many years, a party that fought against civil rights for African Americans where they were denied them in the American South under the racist Jim Crow system. When I was a boy, back in the 1950s and ‘60s, the Democrats from the South were known as Dixiecrats.

Imagine a World with U.S.-China Cooperation

The cooperative approach has worked in the past, and it can again.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - On September 10, 2021, during an important diplomatic meeting that occurred by telephone, U.S. President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed the necessity of a better relationship between their two nations.

At the moment, however, the governments of the two nations seem far from a cooperative relationship.

It`s Time for Impunity to End with the FDA: PART 3

Part 3 in my series of the FDA being held accountable for conflicts of interest with pharma

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - In June 2016, this article focused on the first buprenorphine implant for treatment of opioid dependence marketed by San Francisco-based Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc., approved by the FDA on May 26, 2016.

Was there any investigation into a conflict of interest? Read on.

Oregon Reports 41 New COVID-19 Deaths

There are 53 available adult ICU beds out of 645 total in Oregon.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - 41 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon raises the state’s death toll to 3,750.

OHA also reported 1,658 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 bringing the state total to 326,191.

Cyber Ninjas` Fake Arizona Audit Report

Was it money well spent for Arizona taxpayers?

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The just released Cyber Ninjas’ audit (or "fraudit" as some have called it) report of Arizona’s Maricopa County found that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, and by more than originally thought.

No fraud was uncovered. Will this report put an end to Trump's shameless "Big Lie?"

It`s Time for Impunity to End with the FDA: PART 2

This is Part 2 of my series on the impunity of the FDA as regards the opioid addiction/death epidemic crippling the U.S.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - For almost two decades I have been exposing the FDA and their leadership with "pay to play", conflicts of interest with hedge funds and many decision makers forming their own consulting firms -- even while employed at the FDA.

This article expands on Bob Rappaport, MD, Division Director of Analgesic, Anesthetic and Addiction Drugs (now retired from the FDA and serving on pharmaceutical boards).

COVID: Choices Have Consequences

Healthcare workers are not being forced to take a vaccine.

(JEFFERSON CO., Wash.) - I agree no one should be required to take a vaccine (or any medical intervention) against their will. This is a matter of individual, informed choice. But choices have consequences.

In the realm of infectious diseases, the choices we make do not just have personal consequences, they impact others.

The Big Lie Persists*

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” -Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - Trump’s stronghold over the Republican party remains. His refusal to concede the 2020 election and calls of widespread fraud have raised doubts about the integrity of its results among his Republican base.

Consequently, 56% of Republicans believe the election was rigged or the result of illegal voting.

Activists Around Puget Sound Calling for Nuclear Abolition Now!

Redefine "national security" and redirect our tax dollars and human capital to ensure human survival and create a sustainable future.

(POULSB0, Wash.) - At least 11 Senators and 36 members of Congress and their spouses own millions in defense contractor stocks.

The 20-year war in Afghanistan enriched both the weapons producers and the elected representatives who voted for the war and who support these same corporations through legislatively.

A National Rite of Passage: Beyond War

Moral injury is not simply PTSD. It’s a violation of an individual’s deepest sense of right and wrong: a wound to the soul.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Patriotism mixed with militarism has the magnetic pull of religion, and service matters even when its ends are, to put it politely, questionable.

This is a flawed argument, to be sure, but I actually have a sliver of sympathy for Exum’s point.