This Poll Is Extremely Bad News for Ted Cruz
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke has more cash on hand than Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, an army of small-dollar donors, and a penchant for drawing big crowds for everything from 5 a.m. jogs to small-town meet-and-greets. But in a…
A Health Care Lesson From a Rich Canadian
This is how beloved the Canadian health care is.Image Source/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I got this email from a friend a few days ago and thought I’d share it: I go to conferences which often have Canadian participants. Once I was speaking with a Canadian, who turned out…
In Which I Defend a Rapacious Pharmaceutical Company
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post reports on a group of doctors who were testing lower dosages of an expensive blood cancer drug called Imbruvica to see if it was effective at lower doses. Then the companies that make Imbruvica hit back: The researchers at the Value in…
Puerto Rico, Still Reeling from Hurricane Maria, Is Hit by an Island-Wide Blackout
Ricardo Arduengo via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Puerto Rico’s power grid collapsed again on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. The grid has been unstable since Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September. In the town where the storm made landfall, just 35 percent of residents had power…
New York to Restore Voting Rights to Thousands of Ex-Felons
A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally to demand voting reform in New York on March 18, 2018. Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Democratic governor, announced on Wednesday that he plans to restore voting rights to ex-felons on parole through an executive…
Gotta Keep Baby Formula Behind the Counter
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I was just at CVS. When I went to pay, I noticed all the baby formula was behind the counter, like Sudafed and cigarettes. Why? “Because poor people steal it a lot,” the clerk told me. Am I the last person in America to know…