Paul Waugaman

Paul Waugaman lives in Tucson near his children and grandchildren, and is active in the OLLI program at the University of Arizona and his church. He retired from a 45-year career in biomedical research administration, having worked for a government research agency, two academic institutions, and as co-founder of a consulting practice. He has also taught U.S. history and several courses on technology management practices and volunteered for Democratic candidates in Maryland, North Carolina and Arizona.

Dear Senator Sinema: Stop Being a Silly, Incommunicative Contrarian

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My wife and I have been watching with growing alarm as the Democrats who represent a majority of the people in Congress and the President drift along, negotiating with themselves, trying to find positions on critical transformative legislation to improve our lives. It is particularly galling that our senior Senator had become part of the … Read more

Democrats Fiddle While Republicans Stack the Electoral Deck

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I am becoming increasingly impatient with the Democratic Party’s leaders and Democratic members of the House and Senate as the days of September slip by with no visible progress on anything. The double-tracked “infrastructure” bills lie dead in the water while Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema play statespersons—not because they are, but because they can. … Read more

Biden Gets Us Out of Afghanistan as Critics Jabber

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I have been watching fact, perception, and opinion clash over the past two weeks as President Biden has been doing the right thing about our 20-year involvement in Afghanistan. How many of you are old enough to remember the Vietnam-era song “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (and the big fool said to move on)”? … Read more

What to Do when Democracy Can’t Wait

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Recently, your correspondent and his wife attended a “Democracy Can’t Wait” rally at Himmel Park in Tucson. The organizer, Eric Robbins, was enthusiastic and urged all of us to take on three “Ten-tasks” in the coming weeks. More on that later. We attended the rally because we truly believe that Democrats in Congress need to … Read more

Four Campaigns for Democrats to Increase their Majorities

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An opinion piece in the Washington Post by Katrina Vanden Heuvel jolted me into a gnawing fear. Our Party is failing to face up to the hardening Republican opposition to any action to address such as infrastructure needs, the economic position of middle-class families, and protecting the integrity of our election systems (in the face … Read more