The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq exposed up to 3½ million service members to toxic substances, harming their health. Yet the government has denied most disability claims by veterans suffering from ailments caused by those toxins.A bill making slow but steady...

"America always stands for freedom," declared Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chairman of the Senate’s Ukraine Caucus (1/30/22, "Meet the Press," 1/30/22). The context was his endorsement of US militarization of Ukraine and other countries bordering...

Does Trump or Biden offer more hope for peace? Is one less apt to resort to arms – unconstitutionally – after swearing next January 20 to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution"? Voters, especially antiwar voters, need to know. A chief executive’s...

Donald Trump seems to be a shady dealer, a blusterer, a prevaricator, an abuser of women -- not my choice for president. Yet a case can be made for Trump as the slightly lesser of two evils. Hillary Clinton could be called an abuser of women, children, and men –...