Caitie Whelan

What I want you to know about the late Congressman John Dingell is not that he served in the U.S. House for sixty years from Eisenhower to Obama. Or that he had a hand in Medicare, Obamacare, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species

Worry has not been proven to cause warts. Or wisdom, for that matter. But it sure gets a lot of airtime in the build up to Election Day. That's November 5 for those following along at home. Check to make sure you're registered to vote here!

Up here in Maine, lobster is queen, king, the whole dang chessboard. So the stuff really hit the fan when a sustainable seafood guide put Gulf of Maine lobster on their red list because North Atlantic right whales were getting tangled in fishing gear. "This designation is flat out

"Our pride is not that we were swept up in the tragic whirlwind of history," wrote C.J. Price on November 27, 1963, "but that when we were, we were not found wanting." Mr. Price was the Administrator of Parkland Memorial Hospital. Five days earlier, President

Now this may surprise you, but politicians aren't above a bit of revenge. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been on a punishment spree recently, throwing mountains of cash at candidates running against the eight Congresspeople who ousted him from the Speakership. And he's making no

Hello Wonderful One! I'm taking a writing holiday this week, but here are a few favorites from the archives. Wishing you a joyous weekend of it! How to Win at Policymaking For When You Want to Give Up All Hope of Policy Change A Very Handy Tool for

*Note: This post will discuss suicide. If you're struggling, 9-8-8 is there for you 24/7 via phone, chat, text. You are not alone, my friend. The federal government gets a lot of publicity, some well deserved, for bungling stuff. But when they get it right, there'

In an exclusive interview with VegNews, Cory Booker, the junior senator from New Jersey, disclosed that he ate his last non-vegan meal on Election Day 2014. Senator Booker is a 6'4 former college tight end. He is not, by any conventional metrics, junior. Except that he became a

By the time Carol Barr's heart gave out one June 16, her husband had left for work. Her coworkers saw her collapse on Zoom. Mitral valve prolapse, her obituary would say. Carol had been diagnosed with it in seventh grade. It's not a big deal, the