Earl Blumenauer

OregonLive.com Earl Blumenauer wants to legalize and tax Internet gambling OregonLive.com Beyond the money, legalizing online gambling would allow the government to step into a world that is now largely unregulated, with few checks for underage … Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Post this to MySpace Share this on Bebo Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit...Read Full Story

As America prepares for the holiday season, it is important to pause and reflect on what we can do for others as well as ourselves. I hope that Congress will give a gift of life, health and hope by helping people around the world with somehting that most Americans take for granted: safe drinking water. Nearly 900 million of the world's poorest don't have clean drinking water, and fully 2.6 billion lack access to improved sanitation. This shortfall poses a significant challenge for development...Read Full Story

Forget the "dangers" of same-sex marriage: there is a much greater threat to traditional American values: the creeping danger posed by re-defining pizza and french fries as "vegetables" in our school lunch program. The traditional definition of vegetables can help lead us to a future where we are happier, healthier, and big agri-business lobbyists aren't changing the meanings of our words. Read More... More on NutritionRead Full Story

In the Washington Post Brad Plumer editorializes on the choice of many Americans to accept longer commutes by car in exchange for larger homes far from their workplaces. He says that consumers are unable to accurately calculate the cost of their commutes, including time spent driving, leading them to make “irrational” choices about where to live. However, Plumer downplays the policies that encourage consumers to buy homes rather than rent and that allow them to partially externalize the costs...Read Full Story

Yesterday I wrote about Matt Bai's stunning mischaracterization of Social Security as a "lottery ticket." In focusing just on that ridiculousness, I left out the role that Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) payed in Bai's story , specifically: But Mr. Blumenauer argues that the program can’t exist on make-believe money , and he says Democrats should remain open to changes in the benefit structure, including what is known as "progressive price indexing." What this means, essentially, is that more...Read Full Story