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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a measles state of emergency last week, and three days later, at least 10 more cases were reported as public health officials scramble to prevent the spreading of the disease in an anti-vaccination “hot spot.”

No reason for local policymakers to let Airbnb bypass tax or regulatory obligations

There is “no great chasm between East and West. . . . Russians share the same daily concerns about standards of living and their children’s futures as do most people the world over.

Will rely primarily on renewable energy

The Unknown Anti-War Comics. Edited by Craig Yoe. San Diego: IDW Books, 2018. 233pp, $29.99.

States derive their moral legitimacy not from some mythical “right to exist” but rather from the extent to which their policies respect the rights of people.

Sanders plans to introduce an estate tax plan with rates up to 77 percent. The "For the 99.8% Act," would tax the estates of those who inherit more than $3.5 million. The proposal comes after Republican senators call for eliminating the estate tax.

In the face of powerful Goliaths, the Davids are the next generation of passionate, creative thinkers who single-mindedly refuse to let us forget or rationalize Nagasaki and Hiroshima, who believe in a world of safety without nuclear weapons.

The rest of us have no obligation to indulge centrist delusions.

There is every reason to be concerned about the threat to Venezuela, given U.S. government hostility to any who seek to become independent of the U.S. or to direct economic activity to benefit local people rather than maximizing corporate profits.