A Blow to Health Care Transparency
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow today to nascent efforts to track the quality and cost of health car The post A Blow to Health Care Transparency appeared first on disinformation.
View ArticleHow difficult would it be to repeal Obamacare for good?
The essential requirement to achieve repeal is Republican control of the White House, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives in January 2017. The post How difficult would it be to repeal...
View ArticleHow Donald Trump Broke The Media
After Super Tuesday, print and broadcast media have woken up to the very real possibility of President Donald J. Trump. The post How Donald Trump Broke The Media appeared first on disinformation.
View ArticleWhy counting dead bodies in Syria is fraught with politics and imprecision
In a chaotic situation such as the war in Syria, it is nearly impossible to provide precise numbers of those killed and wounded in the fighting. Assigning responsibility for the casualties is harder...
View ArticleWhy March 15 will be make-or-break for the presidential candidates
The strangest and most volatile presidential race in modern history got even more unpredictable on Tuesday night. The post Why March 15 will be make-or-break for the presidential candidates appeared...
View ArticleAre Looser Gun Laws Making Missouri Safer?
The Republican-led state senate is currently finalizing deliberations on a bill that, if passed, would remove restrictions on carrying concealed weapons on college campuses statewide. The post Are...
View ArticleBeyond silicon: the search for new semiconductors
Our modern world is based on semiconductors. In addition to your computer, cellphones and digital cameras, semiconductors are a critical component of a growing number of devices. The post Beyond...
View ArticleHere’s another reason why many community college students do not get their...
The growth of community colleges in the U.S. has improved access to higher education tremendously, especially for students from low-income families. The post Here’s another reason why many community...
View ArticleThe last time an outsider like Trump crashed the GOP? 1940
Like Donald Trump, Wendell Willkie was a former Democrat, who reregistered as a Republican only later in life. Like Trump, he came to politics from the corporate world and an office in Manhattan. The...
View ArticleWhat kind of judge is Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland?
On March 16, President Obama announced his pick for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia: Merrick Garland, chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The...
View ArticleRoots of opioid epidemic can be traced back to two key changes in pain...
Abuse of opium products obtained from poppy plants dates back centuries, but today we are witnessing the first instance of widespread abuse of legal, prescribed drugs that The post Roots of opioid...
View ArticleDoes the First Amendment protect people who film the police?
A 2015 nationwide study indicates that more courts – but certainly not all, as Fields indicates – are recognizing a limited First Amendment right to record police doing their jobs in public venues,...
View ArticleBrussels attacks: how radicalization happens and who is at risk
Two bombings in Brussels have killed dozens of people and injured over 100, only days after one of the Paris attackers was arrested in the city’s Molenbeek suburb. The post Brussels attacks: how...
View ArticleWhat two legal scholars learned from studying 70 years of Supreme Court...
Within hours after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear his intention to preemptively block President Obama’s then-unnamed nominee. The post What two...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Makes Discrimination Mandatory with Most Anti-LGBT Law in the...
In a shocking, unprecedented move, the North Carolina state legislature convened a special session late Wednesday in order to introduce and pass a sweeping anti-LGBT bill The post North Carolina Makes...
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