Health care is a moral issue
Matthew Gunter, a Facebook friend, shared a link to a fine blog post by Lavonne Neff today. It’s partly a review of a book by T. R. Reid, The Healing of America. Neff says...
"Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633)
Matthew Gunter, a Facebook friend, shared a link to a fine blog post by Lavonne Neff today. It’s partly a review of a book by T. R. Reid, The Healing of America. Neff says...
Watch CBS Videos Online As @SkyPilot10 said on Twitter, this might make you want to weep. I have strongly opposed the war in Iraq, and while I don’t much like the war in Afghanistan,...
When Al Franken said he was running for the US Senate, I was skeptical. Even though he’s a known liberal with whom I was likely to agree, I thought “Oh, great, another celebrity-turned-politician.” Just...
Golly, I guess I was wrong. Just a couple of days ago, I posted about US myths of healthcare in other countries, and I added one person’s experience. Well, you can’t trust facts and...
Conservatives in the US keep evoking the specter of “socialized medicine” in any discussion about health care reform. Sure, I could point that that France has healthier, longer-living people at half the per capita...
The airwaves are full of completely ridiculous commentary and flame-stoking rhetoric about plans to reform US health care. Most Americans don’t seem to want “facts”, preferring to stick closely to Colbertian “truthiness.” Well, the...
A few weeks ago, I received the following comment from a regular reader of 7WD: “You’re a terrible blogger! I come to your blog every day, and sometimes it doesn’t change for weeks!” In...
You may remember the massive panic that ensued last spring when Air Force One showed up the skies of New York City for a photo shoot. This was a stupid project on any number...
I’ve been trying to make sense of all the pundits and prognostications about our economy lately. Mostly I’ve suspected two things, which might seem contradictory. First, this is all worse than we might want...
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life : Such a Way, as gives us breath : Such a Truth, as ends all strife : And such a Life, as killeth death. Come, my Light,...
I just emailed the following letter to several Rhode Island senators. Our state is currently debating passage of a bill to permit same-sex marriage. If you are a Rhode Islander so inclined, I hope...
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