Today, I saw a headline on the Open Salon Home page that said, "My Saturday as an abortion clinic escort". 

I did this one day.  And, until I came across this teaser on the home page, I had thought that the memory was firmly locked somewhere in the darkest recesses… Read full post »

 This is the final post in the series, Healthcare: Yes We Can.....But We Probably Won't.

PAYING FOR SINGLE-PAYER UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE 

There are approximately 306, 902,000 Americans living in 111,162,000 households (2007) as of July 2009. (census.gov) The average family healthcare plan prem… Read full post »

This post is Part Four of the series, Healthcare: Yes We Can.....But We Probably Won't. 

THE PROBLEM WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE

 There are many problems with private healthcare insurance, the most troubling being that private insurers exist to make money rather than to ensure that subscrib… Read full post »

This post is Part Three in the series, Healthcare: Yes We Can.....But We Probably Won't. 

WHY MEDICAL COSTS ARE SO HIGH & WHY THEY RISE

Why does an aspirin cost $7, a Bandaid $19 on your hospital bill? The hospitals aren’t trying to gouge you; they are covering the less visible&nb… Read full post »

This post is Part Two of the series, Healthcare: Yes We Can.....But We Probably Won't.

HEALTHCARE REFORM ISSUES

Affordability is a major issue that needs to be addressed. Under the current system, having more money means better access to quality care. No other developed nation allows their wealthy to… Read full post »

This post is Part One of a planned series about healthcare reform in the United States. The series covers detailed problems with the current healthcare system, including specific issues and obstacles to reform; the type of healthcare system needed to benefit every American citizen, justifications for… Read full post »

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There have been a lot of changes in the public ideology of Barack Obama since his 2008 Presidential campaign, spanning many areas: campaign funding, the… Read full post »

He drowns, as I watch.

I endeavor to extricate, to deliver, to rescue, to save .

But I fail.  I disappoint.

I am his light, his dawn.  Inside his dead, unfathomable eyes, the man he was breathes at my advent.  For a moment, I see him, the one I loved more than life;… Read full post »

Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine released online early findings from a pair of long-term medical research studies.  The results of the studies, Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial and Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomi… Read full post »

After reading the enlightening post, "Breaking Up With Bank Of America" by Lisa Kern--which I highly recommend--and the numerous comments detailing additional unfair practices of the banking industry, I discovered that many people have had their credit severely damaged or destroyed by… Read full post »

A blog I read recently linked to a well-researched article about legalizing euthanasia.  The blogger professed himself to be outraged about the possibility.  I left this post, detailing some of my experiences with one type of euthanasia as a comment, and thought I'd recreate it here--w… Read full post »

 Now that universal healthcare is the trendy topic, more and more people are going to share their thoughts and opinions.  Sharing opinions is generally not at all a bad thing; it fosters discussion that helps people formulate their own ideas, which may eventual… Read full post »

I've always thought that the phrase was "toe the line", meaning something akin to ensuring that one's toes didn't cross a "line drawn in the sand".  Lately, however, I've been seeing this phrase written as "tow the line", meaning--I'm guessing--that "the line" is a burdensome item that one must… Read full post »