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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

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The Trump administration deserves a solid F-minus for transparency 

Last month, a message on the White House website declared that “the Trump Administration has been the most transparent and accessible...

21.12.2025 60

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

RFK Jr. has turned the CDC into ‘a zombie organization’ 

In less than a year, Kennedy, who has made baseless claims about the dangers posed by vaccines for decades, turned the CDC, once considered the global...

14.12.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

‘Guilt by association’ doesn’t justify a war on immigrants 

To justify his policies, Trump is relying on a variant of an old fallacy. Instead of punishing individuals because they are members of certain...

07.12.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump is Making Health Care Unaffordable Again 

Substantial cuts to Medicaid in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill and a refusal by Republicans to renew Affordable Care Act tax...

30.11.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Sorry, Republicans: 'Democratic socialist' is no longer a career-ender in US politics 

Pocketbook issues and “affordability” dominated the election contest in New York City, as well as the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New...

16.11.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump loves his tariffs. Too bad he’s wrong about them.

Using tariffs as a blunt instrument of global domination actually does substantial damage to America’s international reputation, national interests...

12.10.2025 30

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

The Pentagon’s war on freedom of the press 

Recent restrictions by the newly renamed Department of War on news organizations come straight out of the playbook of aspiring authoritarians.

05.10.2025 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

An infectious disease has invaded America’s public health agencies

An infectious disease — one that rejects scientific expertise, metastasizes conspiracy theories and contaminates programs that track and treat...

14.09.2025 30

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Marjorie Taylor Greene is right about humanitarian aid for Gaza

Taylor Greene’s plea to do more to reduce acute malnutrition, starvation and death should resonate with Americans across the political spectrum and...

31.08.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Don’t forget who unleashed the partisan gerrymandering war

Partisan gerrymandering subverts democracy.

24.08.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

The EPA’s know-nothing assault on climate science

The Trump administration’s assault on what Lee Zeldin called “climate change religion” is based on demonstrably false assumptions and assertions.

17.08.2025 40

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

A postmortem on the dismantling of USAID

The dismantling of USAID has already had a negative impact on the lives of tens of millions of poor and vulnerable people in some 130 countries. And...

20.07.2025 40

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

‘One big beautiful bill,’ and 4 Republicans who abandoned their principles

Here are profiles of four Republicans who shelved their principles.

13.07.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s treatment of immigrants is harmful, immoral, un-American

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcements policies conflict with American traditions, values and “do unto others” sense of fairness...

06.07.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Republicans’ stunning flip flops on ‘national emergencies’

Before Jan. 20, 2025, many of congressional Republicans endorsed a proposal limiting the president’s power to act unilaterally by declaring national...

15.06.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the separation of powers

An assault on the separation of powers should concern all Americans — especially conservatives, who have in the past railed against the augmentation...

25.05.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

We should listen to Warren Buffett — and learn from him

“The more prosperous the world becomes,” Buffett declared, “the more prosperous we’ll become — and the safer we’ll feel and our children...

11.05.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s honeymoon is over

He began his second term with approval ratings above 50 percent, but in less than three months he is again under water in virtually all the...

13.04.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor