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Continuity of Health Care: Going, Going... Almost Gone!
We have heard the promises as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was being sold to the public, including -- you can keep your doctor and insurance if you like it. We now know those promises to be mostly...
View ArticleLet's Get to Work on the Export-Import Bank
The bottom line is that Congress needs to focus on economic recovery, growth and jobs, but the frustrating truth is the Republican-led House continues to undermine the economy by failing to extend...
View ArticleAutism and Disclosure: Is Virginia's 'Autism' ID Card Ethical?
Kathie Snow, a disability rights advocate, brought to my attention a recent news item about Senate Bill 367 in Virginia. The bill would require a bar code on driver's licenses and identification cards...
View ArticleSouth Africa Must Look Forward After Mandela
There have been key figures throughout history that have been extremely influential in a country's destiny. Nelson Mandela is one such figure. This blog post suggests that South Africa must learn to...
View ArticleWhere Have All the Cheap Drugs Gone?
Parents tell their sons and daughters that they remember when medicines were really inexpensive. But anyone who has recently visited the pharmacy to fill prescriptions realizes that those days are long...
View ArticleThe Farm Bill and International Food Aid: What You Need to Know
The Senate and House have now both passed the farm bill, and President Obama was expected to sign it into law this week. This five-year bill, with wide-reaching domestic and international implications,...
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The State of Our Union Is Not Strong
Over a week ago, the President had the opportunity to be painfully and blatantly honest with his fellow Americans about the actual current state of our union. He failed to be candid, he failed to be...
View ArticleHow Not to Tax Marijuana
With marijuana legalization gaining steam, we might ask not just whether to legalize, but how. Here are three tax mistakes that California and other states can still avoid. Mistake 1. Collecting late...
View ArticleChemical Industry Takes Aim at Citizen Suits in 'Reform' Bill
The recent chemical spill disaster in West Virginia has brought into sharp focus the weak measures we have in place for safeguarding people and the environment against exposures to harmful chemicals....
View ArticleEuromaidan and the Colors of a Revolution
For 15 years, the social movements commonly referred to as "color revolutions" have been taking place throughout the world. Most Americans have a tangential awareness of this phenomenon, but typically,...
View ArticleEgypt's Stability Delusion
Egypt's Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi traveled to Saudi Arabia this week and on Wednesday assured the defense minister, Crown Prince Salman bin Abdel-Aziz, that Egypt was enjoying "growing stability."...
View ArticleThe Law Must Be Free and Accessible to All -- Not Secret and Profitable
Imagine this metaphorical scenario. You are cruising along a highway and you are pulled over by a police officer. You're not sure why you were stopped. The patrol officer approaches and gives the...
View ArticleDoes Obamacare Infringe on Our Liberty? Or Does It Give Us Even More Freedom?
What right does the government have to make you buy health insurance? That's the question that riles Obamacare critics the most. It's not the premiums or the website or the dropped coverage. It's the...
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3 Words Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs
Nelson Mandela said,"It always seems impossible until it's done." This is not impossible. The three little words will not cost anything to implement and will save American taxpayers billions. But...
View ArticleBoehner Invites Hispanic Wave To Vote Democratic in 2014
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), taking the latest in his series of twisting and turning positions on immigration reform -- which he was against before he was for, which he is now against this year but...
View ArticleSafety First: Let's Be Careful with Edible Marijuana
We are witnessing the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. Fifty-eight percent of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former U.N. head Kofi Annan are...
View ArticleCelebrating, Continuing and Building on Chip's Success
We’re used to making a big fuss over children’s birthdays, but this week child advocates and families across the country are celebrating CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, on the fifth...
View ArticleWho's Really To Blame for Unemployment?
Guided by the mythology of the "American dream" -- the idea that, given the opportunity, the deserving will excel and rise above their peers -- politicians often attribute unemployment to a mystical...
View ArticleWhy I'm Comfortable Producing Porn
If stories that restore your faith in humanity are your thing, or you're quick to click on a video with the words "heartwarming" or "inspiring," you might be a recreational good news porn addict. But...
View ArticleJay Leno Shows His Union Solidarity
Kudos to Jay Leno for ending his 22-year tenure on The Tonight Show with a staunchly pro-union statement. In his tearful closing remarks on his final show Thursday night, Leno said: "I'm also proud to...
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