The Denver post is reporting: A bold federal effort to curb prescribing of painkillers may be faltering amid stiff resistance from drugmakers, industry-funded groups and, now, even other public health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was on track to finalize new prescribing guidelines for opioid painkillers in January. The guidelines — though…

The Seattle P-I often publishes click-bait photo essays, which ask the user to click through a series of Getty images to read short summaries.  The photo essays hardly count as “articles”. The first page is a rewording of some source article. The reader spends most of her time clicking through the pretty photos. I suppose…

Who should fill the other positions? On facebook people commented: “Drop Grayson & replace with Russ Feingold.” “Pierre Trudeau has a more diverse cabinet and I think Bernie should too.” “Robert Reich is a must have.” “Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.” “EPA: Erin Brockovich or Robert Kennedy Jr.” “Jim Web, Sec. State; Wesley Clark, Department…

Cole Bolton, editor-in-chief of the satirical website The Onion announced today that three of the six senior writers have resigned and that the publication is seeking a buyer due to decreasing ad revenue. Former senior writer Anthony Wilcox said, in an exclusive interview, “The root cause is that the political situation in America has become…

Bye bye Bernie. The party’s beat you now. Oy vay, Bernie! Time to move to the right. No more faking that I’m a populist. Stop complaining that I’m too corporatist. I love the TPP, Wealth inequality, Wall Street society, Imperialist military! Bye bye Bernie. Bill and I will miss you so. So long Bernie! Time…