The Great Right-Wing Propaganda War
There is a war going on in this country. It is a war against the American People and a war against the truth. It...
The Health Care Reform Battle and the Neocon Alternatives
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, the members in the House of Representatives of the Neoconservative Obstructionist Party spent an entire day doing their best...
What’s in a Name? Republicans Are Now the Neoconservative Obstructionist Party
Shakespeare and the current Republican Party do not exactly fit within the same imagery. We do not see Sarah Palin quoting Shakespeare, something that...
Turncoat Lieberman, Bought By Health Insurance Companies
The clear message is that Senator Joseph Lieberman, like Duke Cunningham and others, including Senator John McCain of Arizona, has now taken his former...
The Public Plan and Private Profit
Sometimes we can become so involved with our own expertise that we can calculate ourselves out the door, down the street and into a...
Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way!
How long must we put up with this indecisive attitude on the part of Congress? Whom do they work for anyway--health care lobbyists? It...
Mobs, Revolutions, Moral Majorities and Totalitarian Governments
There is a lot to be said for civic activism. The Civil Rights movement, addressing a leftover 19th Century attitude towards African-Americans called segregation,...
Health Care Reform: Can’t Sit It Out. You Must Get Involved.
Let's talk about the health insurance companies. They make a lot of money. And they say that most of their customers are happy with...
The Two Big Issues: Jobs and Health Care Reform.
Sunday in October and Congress is back and pundits are shouting over one another on the morning talk shows. Even married political-pundit couples who...
The Economic Morality of Health Care Systems
Why is health care so expensive? Each American citizen, each identifiable taxpayer, pays about $7,000 per year for health care. On average, that means...
For Private Insurers but Against the People–Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska
He's Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska and he is supporting private insurance against the people of Nebraska. 73% of the people want a public...
Blue Dogs With a Yellow Stripe
Examples of courageous behavior: Soldiers going to the rescue of a downed comrade in the face of withering fire. A skilled pilot landing a...
The Choice Between Neoconservative and Progressive Becomes Clearer.
There is no mystery about the difficult circumstances in which we find the American economy. Since 1981, when Ronald Reagan cut income taxes for the...
Beyond Stupidity: Republican Avarice In the Health Care Debate
Suddenly, everyone has a point of view. Everyone is an authority on health care, Communism, Homeland Security, the Economy and Socialism. People with no...
Health Care Reform Needs a Public Option. The Public Needs to...
Who is going to vote for the Public Option, and who isn't? That is the question. Everyone who supports health care reform says that,...