Supporters of a new effort to scuttle it either think voters are stupid and don’t know what they want, or that lawmakers know better than voters do about what’s best for democracy. 

As much as 80% of the active ingredients and 40% of the finished generic drugs used in the U.S. are manufactured overseas.

She can't persuade enough Americans that the cost of solutions — carbon taxes, regulations to eliminate fossil fuels, expansion of government — would do all that much to change global temperatures.

Anyone who has followed the junior senator’s career from her San Francisco days knows she is studied, introspective and resilient. She will learn from this campaign.

The measure may not pass the House is likely dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate. Committee approval is nonetheless a significant nod toward congressional reasonableness on cannabis.

Gov. Mike Parson has announced a three-pronged plan to fight gun violence that includes keeping firearms from minors, domestic abusers and violent offenders.

Only about one quarter of the $738 billion Pentagon budget goes to our troops. The rest goes to maintaining 800 military installations, lucrative Pentagon contracts and fighting wars in the Middle East.

If you are a hunter armed with a weapon that can kill, take your responsibility for safety seriously and obey the law.

It's be up to forward-thinking states like California to take action to reduce plastic trash and provide the leadership on this issue that the federal government will not.

Keep ride-sharing in London. It needs to be a city that welcomes innovation and new technology, not one that drives it away.

The president's message seems to be: Why worry about chain of command, discipline and obedience when what matters is having the right connections?

Dealing successfully with what society generally perceives as a disability isn’t a handicap. It adds to the special quality of the concerned individuals.