…COVID, dental caries are not contagious. Thus, unlike anti-vaxxers, anti-water fluoridation folks only harm themselves and their children if they refuse to consume fluoridated water or use fluoridated toothpaste. If…

…and at times anti-democratic, turn under Trump. It wasn’t always like that. A ‘small town’ booms Judy Schwiebert grew up in western Phoenix in the 1960s, when the now-booming city…

…anti-establishment candidates — although Trump’s anti-establishment persona was fake (and still is). 2016-2050, the choice between oligarchy and democracy. The 2024 election represented a lurch toward oligarchy, but I believe…

…grocers began hemorrhaging customers … and going broke. This raw, anti-competitive price discrimination was a flagrant violation of America’s anti-monopoly law — but here came Big Money to protect the…

…inaugurated president of the United States, this time with a centibillionaire as the unelected de facto head of government and with anti-qualified anti-patriots as his cabinet nominees. What to do? People talk…

…nominee himself within Republican circles. “But it’s not clear if the anti-RFK contingent of Trump allies is yet strong enough to actually make a dent, let alone imperil, RFK Jr.’s…

…bought into the radical anti-government, anti-liberal world view that has been percolating in and around right-wing think tanks for decades (see Yarvin, Andreessen, me). To the extent that our tech…

…Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that has provided otherwise unattainable coverage for millions of children. A potentially dangerous overhaul of FDA, as well as non-evidence-based messaging on vaccines, from known anti-vaccine…

…doesn’t begin at conception, one might ponder why those who want to criminalize abortion as murder don’t similarly criminalize miscarriages as murder or assault when they’re caused by anti-vaxxers who…

…would be required under any privatization plan. 5. Social Security is an Incredibly Effective Anti-Poverty Program The bogus arguments over fraud and long-term funding projections can serve to obscure the…