Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission meeting at Dept. of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2025.

RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement: Industry Takes Control

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by Alan Berlow June 5, 2023June 13, 2023

Politics

The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part I)

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Two Cheers for the Senate Gun Deal

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RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement: Industry Takes Control

Gun Without a Trace

The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part II)

The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part I)

It’s Time for a National Gun Buyback

Two Cheers for the Senate Gun Deal

On Guns and Inflation, Republicans Ignore the Rest of the World

The Supreme Court and the Originalist Fallacy

The Rittenhouse Verdict Shows the Ridiculousness of American Gun Laws and Self-Defense

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