Moderna was a huge success for public health until politics intervened at the FDA
When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on July 4, 1966, he professed a “deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in which the people’s right to know is cherished and guarded.”
Not to pile on, but while we’re tallying transgressions against ex-U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was fired by President Donald Trump recently, we should not forget the often-overlooked death of another American citizen who was killed by an ICE agent under her watch.
It is now clear that the joint United States-Israeli war on Iran will not result in a quick capitulation by the Islamic Republic or an uprising by the Iranian people, as the Trump administration hoped.
Alarmed by rising rates of obesity, public health officials have urged Americans for decades to eat better, move more and make healthier choices. Yet obesity rates kept rising, peaking at 40% of Americans in 2022. The decline since then is linked to something else: a new class of medications…
The rapid adoption of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound represents one of the most striking cultural shifts in weight management I’ve witnessed in nearly 30 years of studying and writing about body image.
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🎧 Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada examine the ethics of ambition, exploring burnout, apathy and whether healthy goals require self-awareness, mentorship and meaningful connection to avoid imbalance.
The shadow of press repression is spreading around the world. In the past decade, the number of journalists detained and imprisoned has soared as governments seek tighter control over the media. What started as a crackdown first by dictatorships and then by illiberal democracies is expanding…
Donald Trump has chosen to govern as a wartime president. But history shows that military strength abroad rarely saves a president who is losing control of the political battlefield at home.
Let's state the obvious: We're at war with Iran.
In advance of National Sunshine Week (sunshineweek.org), March 15-21, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council has named the winners of its 20th annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees. These recognize outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government, as well as highlight some threats to it. Winners have been invited to appear at a free public event in Madison on March 19. (See the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council website for details: wisfoic.org).
The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas.
Taxpayers aren’t usually inclined to sympathize with the Internal Revenue Service, but this year they probably should. Thanks to a brutal combination of staff shortages and new complications in the tax code, the filing season now underway has put extraordinary strain on the agency.
In total, 45,221 deaths in 2020 were gun-related, which is a 14% increase over the prior year and a 43% increase over a decade before. Overall, gun-related deaths constitute a majority of both homicides and suicides in the U.S.
Remember the last time Wisconsin elected a state Supreme Court justice?
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to bail out the University of Wisconsin athletic department, following its second losing football season with a coach whose sweetheart contract requires more than $20 million just to get rid of him.
About 150,000 vehicles a day travel the Beltline near John Nolen Drive in Madison, according to the state Department of Transportation. That’s 24,000 more cars and trucks than 20 years ago — a 19% increase.
Most Super Bowl bets are illegal today in Wisconsin, with consumers less protected and state government losing tax revenue. The state Legislature should allow online sports betting through tribal websites to protect consumers and bring in money for schools, health care and gambling addiction.
A sumptuous repast is a treat for the senses.
I have to admit Pete caught me speechless the other day.
I remember watching Tiger Woods on TV at the old JC Penney in Janesville.
Give a kid a balloon and just step back and watch the fun.
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I understand that the Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature submitted a bill that would call for the death penalty in cases against people who commit sex crimes against children under 13 years of age.
Iran basically declared war on the United States in 1979 by taking its embassy, keeping America hostage for over a year, and then by attacking America's assets by proxy for almost 50 years. The Iranian government professes “death to America.” Are we really going to allow Iran to get nuclear weapons?
Recently, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced with pride, “I only speak American.” This statement caused me to pause and ask myself, what is Secretary Hegseth saying?
Apparently, the strain on UW-Madison's athletic department is so great that some sports programs may need to be cut. According to Jim Polzin's March 6 column in the Wisconsin State Journal, Athletic Director Chris McIntosh says that without an additional $14.6 million from the state Legislature, they will have to "reevaluate ... how many of them exist."