By appointing a surgeon general, the president can change terms of gun debate
John Stoehr
Follow John on Twitter @johnastoehr . John Stoehr is a Washington Monthly contributing writer. This piece originally appeared in The Editorial Board.
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“The Professional Left” and the Use of Power
All it took for Mitch McConnell to see eye-to-eye with Barack Obama was victory. After reelection in Kentucky, the presumptive Senate Majority Lead told reporters that, “We ought to see what areas of agreement there are and see if we can make some progress for the country.” This is the same can-do note of cheery […]
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Guns Are a Greater Public Health Threat Than Ebola
Shepard Smith was the rare voice of reason during the most fevered hours of the Ebola madness that temporarily gripped the nation this month. The Fox News anchor dedicated four minutes of a newscast to explaining what had been evident once you took a deep breath. The Ebola epidemic sweeping across three West African nations […]
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Why Vivek Murthy Scares the NRA
President Barack Obama should have known Senate Democrats would balk at the confirmation of Dr. Vivek Murthy as the next surgeon general of the United States. Murthy has been outspoken in his belief that gun violence is a public-health crisis, and the National Rifle Association, the big voice of the gun lobby, is afraid people […]
