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El Pasoans will soon decide on a ballot measure, Proposition K, that may commit billions of taxpayer dollars for the City to go into the electric utility business.  Why? Austin and San Antonio both own and operate their municipal electric utilities, including coal power plants, and neither does a particularly good job of keeping the […]

In the United States, there is approximately $1.757 trillion in student loan debt. According to recent analytics, the majority of consumers are responsibly managing their student loan debt, and the rate of debt accumulation is increasing. Even when purported  by “statistical” data that does not explain why having an understanding of financial literacy is so […]

As a candidate for Cherokee Nation Chief, I cannot stand by idly and accept the Cherokee Nation Attorney General’s recent opinion issued on the eve of voter deadlines that denies over 700 Cherokee citizens their right to vote in the upcoming election. Someone must stand up for Cherokee’s rights. During the past few months, 700 […]

Thirty-four bookkeeping errors. That’s how the news has described the indictments of Donald Trump by a Manhattan District Attorney. “It’s a political attack.” “A witch hunt.” That’s what MAGA world – and most Republicans – would have you believe. Even some Democrats complain that a case about misfiled reports and sex with an adult actress […]

Current leaders in Congress are not getting the job done to remedy America’s immigration challenges. Indeed, I am running for the U.S. Senate to address this exact issue. Perhaps the most visible aspect of our national immigration controversy was the recent relocation of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. This action resulted in a […]

Twenty years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, women’s rights are nowhere near where they should be. The fall of the dictatorship did not bring about the much-advertised “women’s liberation”. Quite the opposite, the two decades of post-Saddam Iraq could be described as “one step forward, two steps back” for women’s rights. When the U.S. […]

I’ve been involved in politics since the 1970s, and I have consistently urged Democrats to advocate for rural Americans. Ignoring these populations has led to the demise of the Democratic Party in parts of the American South and West. In my home of Mississippi, we haven’t had a statewide elected Democrat since 2015. Thankfully, some […]

American biopharma companies consistently bring to market the vast majority all new transformative medical therapies. The precision of these lifesaving medicines is an often-overlooked achievement of modern science. This sophistication comes at a huge economic cost – every element of drug discovery is expensive. It is also an inherently risky business, where failures are common […]

Now that we have entered the stage of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election where Donald Trump and Nicky Haley as well as Marianne Williamson and Vivek Ramaswamy have announced their participation, it is not too early for voters to think about how such candidates should be evaluated.  Such an evaluation, while incorporating many factors, will […]

Over the next few weeks, lawmakers in Richmond, may consider legislation about the Commonwealth’s future commitment to electric vehicles, or EVs. Last month, the Democratically controlled Virginia Senate rejected several Republican bills that would completely gut Virginia’s commitment to the widespread deployment of EVs across the Commonwealth. According to recent polling by my organization, Centrist Democrats […]