Readby Ellen Ratner -- I have been covering Washington D.C. for 21 years, so it takes quite a bit to shock me. This week, I moved into the "I am shocked" category. more…
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Ellen Ratner is the White House correspondent and bureau chief for the Talk Radio News service. She is also Washington bureau chief and political editor for Talkers Magazine. In addition, Ratner is a news analyst at the Fox News Channel.
'Running from Crazy'
by Ellen Ratner -- This weekend, I went all the way to Salt Lake City to see a movie by two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple. The movie is documentary about the more…
No place for guns in civil society
by Ellen Ratner -- Today, as the president begins his second term, we have many leftover issues. One of the most important is gun control. I know the audience that reads this more…
What's wrong with HIPAA?
by Ellen Ratner -- The Wall Street Journal ran a Jan. 11 op-ed headlined "The Tragedy of Mental Health Law," written by Lloyd Sederer, who is the medical director of the New more…
Lessons from the Galapagos Islands
by Ellen Ratner -- I am just returning from a week in the Galapagos Islands. These are the famous islands that Charles Darwin visited when he was in his twenties. I wasn't more…
Time to eliminate guns and football
by Ellen Ratner -- We've stopped believing that Earth is flat. We've stopped believing that the sun revolves around Earth. With a few exceptions, most of us understand that the earth is more…
Bring on Obamacare!
by Ellen Ratner -- I finally had a free weekend, so I spent an hour or so looking over my most recent mail that was not a must-be-paid bill. I savor the more…
There ought to be a law
by Ellen Ratner -- On Thursday this week, there was almost no press in the hearing room at Chairman Darrell Issa's House Government Reform Committee. Had it been a hearing on Benghazi more…
Your government is spying on you
by Ellen Ratner -- Our Founding Fathers would be turning over in their graves. They would not be very upset about Gen. David Petraeus and his affair, as Ben Franklin is said more…
Why do people act this way?
by Ellen Ratner -- Just when we thought all the lunacy and hubbub of the election was done, we were pushed straight into the Gen. Patraeus mess. It became more and more more…