Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health
If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.
If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.
Luis Toro | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver
The addition of a second staff member is a signal that the IEC intends to be proactive about investigating complaints in the future.
Politico | MANU RAJU & JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, gave a nearly $14,000 pay raise to a female staffer in 2008, at the time...
Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles
I recently gave up my profession, as Pornstar Extraordinaire, and my car. I live three blocks from LA's greatest kept secret, the Metro, and the entire system is based on something this city lacks: trust.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
Democratic members of Congress are lobbying each other Astroturf-style, at least according to an internal House Ethics Committee memo obtained by Wiki...
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
If one believes that the prevention of suffering may sometimes justify the withdrawal or withholding of care, then the very fact that Houben was conscious for twenty-three years might call more convincingly for such action.
Kevin Freking | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
Peer-to-peer software, by itself, did not cause the confidential Congressional document to be leaked to the press. Certainly people are not perfect and some data breaches will still occur even with better policies and technology.
Tara Stiles | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
I grew up feeling from a very young age that what was right was right, no matter if God or my teacher said so. I wanted to help people, but I couldn't commit to an institution that was based on guilt, and control.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business
Unlikely duo Newsweek magazine and the American Petroleum Institute will host an exclusive event for lawmakers focused on climate change and energy is...
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business
The lobbyist at the center of former California Assemblyman Mike Duvall's alleged sexual exploits is speaking out for the first time, according to the...
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
Lobbyists this year terminated their registrations with the federal government in unusually high numbers, according to a study by the Center for Respo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
A lobbying war between two pharmaceutical companies vying to market a generic blood-thinner has prompted an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley and Senate ...
Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
American Catholics can picture themselves as patients, and want to be able to get birth control and condoms at their doctor. They also think they can speak for themselves.
Leslie Griffith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media
Amazingly, the only thing I learned from the media coverage of the Bay Bridge accident was that Caltrans and reporters get along swimmingly. It's time journalists ask some real questions.
Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
In the wake of the scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, congressional leaders vowed two years ago to get tough on ethics violations. Th...
The Atlantic | James Warren | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago
Indeed, the whole business of admissions is touchy and what can pass for scandal in modern media has surrounded the University of Illinois in recent m...
Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
Would you side with those who favor Rangel stepping down (or being removed) from his committee assignments until the ethics investigation is completed? Or should he stay put until found guilty?
Jim Selman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
Eldering, as a way of thinking about mid-life leadership, is based on the notion 'wisdom in action.' Our vision is for the Boomer generation to take responsibility for our society and our world and "clean up the mess" before we die.
Andy Sernovitz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media
"I'm a free-speaking blogger" doesn't give you a free pass from consumer protection laws. If you get compensation, you're a business now. You don't get a free pass just because it's social media.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business
The Sunlight Foundation released a video on Thursday highlighting its investigation of lobbyist bundlers with OpenSecrets.org. The investigation, whi...
Eric Brody | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver
Ambiguous wording in the decision of Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission will come in for close scrutiny following an official complaint Mike Coffman lodged with the state supreme court.
Jim Lichtman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
I do not want to create the false impression that compassion was the sole criteria parole commissioners faced during former Manson Family member Susan Atkins' 2009 hearing.
Gloria Duffy | Posted 11.22.2009 | World
The Scots made a moral tradeoff in the wrong direction by releasing the Lockerbie bomber. Here are just a few of the flaws in the thinking behind this decision.
Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
Distraction is the redirection of attention from the social, economic, political, and climate emergencies that afflict us locally and globally.
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics