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The importance of mental health disaster preparation

According to results from a new poll the American Psychiatric Association commissioned on the effects of disasters on mental health, half of Americans are worried about a potential loss of income, 35 percent are worried about gun violence, and 29 percent are anxious about natural disasters. ...

National rankings show San Francisco falling further behind

What has happened to San Francisco, often thought of in the past as the most beautiful city in the country, if not the entire world? The transition from beloved by almost all to profoundly repellant to many is the sad story of a great city being toppled from within. The “Paris of the ...

Time for real fiscal responsibility

In an 1802 letter to Albert Gallatin, Thomas Jefferson said, “We might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant’s books, so that every member of Congress, and every man of any mind in the Union should be able to comprehend them, to investigate abuses, ...

U.S. should act to curb the food and fuel crises in Europe, Mideast

The foremost result of President Biden’s meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is that it happened. No one should have expected much more than the hesitant restart of a valuable, but damaged, relationship. Nobody should have expected Saudi Arabia to break the OPEC ...

Price controls hurt cancer patients, risk future innovation

The Senate has announced legislation within Medicare Part D with the headline “lower prescription drug costs for beneficiaries living with cancer.” Behind this headline, with a further examination of this proposal, there are caution lights and red flags raised by cancer survivors like ...

Are Hobson and Rice mere pawns for the NFL?

The Denver Broncos created a stir when, first, investment executive Mellody Hobson and, second, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice joined the team’s new ownership group. They made history by being the first Black women to be involved in the ownership of an NFL team. Overall, ...