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Obama’s appeal transcends race and species

by Jeff Dubbin Feb 11 2009, 07:53 AM "For a long time now there has been too much secrecy in this city," Obama said in his promise to open government to public viewing. Most of us thought of better government websites, more accessible information, and lengthy budgets and reports, but recently the White House announced that the government will reveal everything it knows ...

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3:10 to Fenway: US Marshals unwittingly hired as private escorts

by Jeff Dubbin Jan 26 2009, 09:10 AM In the latest bid to prove how much the government misunderstands the connection between deregulation and the current crises, one official has taken to tasking US Marshals for private use. Joseph Band, an attorney for the US Marshall Service (USMS), also works as a part-time sports statistician. According to the Inspector General of the ...

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Early research suggests love can be manipulated by neurochemicals

by Jeff Dubbin Jan 20 2009, 04:17 AM Neuroscientist Larry Young has studied mammal brain chemistry to solve the riddle of human monogamy, but might have solved the riddle of good government in the process. According to an essay in the journal Nature on Young's research, fewer than 5% of mammals exhibit so-called ‘pair bonding,' and none as much as human beings do.  At ...

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Is Dr. Gupta the right man for Surgeon General?

by Jeff Dubbin Jan 12 2009, 09:28 AM Barack Obama's possible intention to nominate CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, as Surgeon General might just be an ingenious move to propel public health into the digital era. Gupta is a living-room fixture when it comes to public health, and the position's job description is first and foremost about "educating the ...

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“T” is for torture?

by Jeff Dubbin Dec 22 2008, 10:57 AM Sleep deprivation is widely praised as a non-lethal, ‘no lasting effect’ method of absolutely destroying an individual’s resistance to interrogation. Since at least 2003, it has had a partner: the music American boys and girls grew up on. The BBC reported that U.S. Psychological Operations (“PsyOps”) has found great success with exposing Iraqi ...

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EPA looking to tax animal emissions

by Jeff Dubbin Dec 15 2008, 10:19 AM Old MacDonald had a farm...until the Environmental Protection Agency took it from him.  Why the EPA?  Apparently, the EPA is considering taxing cows and other farm animals for their methane production and their general emission of carbon- and nitrogen-rich flatus, under authority of the Clean Air Act.  So much for rumors of a ‘Gas ...

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Bush Administration Aborting Woman’s Right to Choose

by Jeff Dubbin Sep 02 2008, 09:29 AM Every two years, we are all forced to remember that no matter how much progress we have made, no matter how much we are drawn closer in an increasingly interconnected world, there is one thing we will never agree on.  A woman's right to choose will never be made compatible with a fetus's right to life.  They are this ...

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The parking ticket that turned one man homeless

by Jeff Dubbin Aug 22 2008, 08:52 AM Peter Tubic was burdened with his own problems when the Milwaukee city government thought he needed one more. For keeping his unlicensed car parked in his driveway, he was fined $50. Over the course of four years, the unpaid $50 parking fine swelled to $2,645 after late fees were continuously tacked on. To pay for it, the city foreclosed on Mr. ...

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New California Hands Free Law Creates Controversy

by Jeff Dubbin Aug 22 2008, 08:48 AM   Title: Hands free law Author: Steve Greenberg Published with permission About this cartoon: California's new hands-free mandate for using cell phones while driving took effect recently. Fines for being caught holding a cell phone behind the wheel:$20 fine for the first violation, $50 ...

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Bush to Environmentalists: “Endanger is my middle name”

by Jeff Dubbin Aug 13 2008, 09:07 AM The Associated Press reports that the Bush Administration plans to bypass Congress and gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA) much in the same way a predator may gut an actual endangered creature.  Currently, federal agencies wishing to go forward with construction and development projects must submit to independent reviews by ...

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