In his latest column for the Baltimore Sun, Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller questions Maryland’s stance on legalizing gay marriage. “So far, five American states have legalized gay marriage: four New England states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont – plus (more surprisingly) Iowa, heart of heartland America. Why isn’t Maryland, one of the nation’s more progressive states, a member of this small but growing club?”
The story, “Md. Should be a Leader on Gay Marriage,” ran August 25.
The “death panel” debate is still a concern in the White House, according to an article in the Christian Science Monitor. With the help of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (among others), they’ve pushed back against the notion that healthcare reform might set up death panels that would control access to end-of-life care for older citizens. “While Palin’s charge was over the top, it was just an extreme example of the overall rhetoric surrounding the healthcare reform effort, said Schaller. “There is a lot of heavily loaded, coded language being thrown around, of which ‘death panels’ is at the top of the list.”
The article “Death Panel Controversy Remains Very Much Alive,” ran August 21.
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