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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

HR676, Health insurance, broadband and the public option

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There is a story floating around that Bernie Sanders will introduce a single payer plan in Congress. That story is being pushed by Politic...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

Political theater and distractions from HR 676, The Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act

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Once again, I see that the anti-Trump memes are becoming more and more severe, more radical and insulting. Now I'm not a Trump supporter...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Fate, impunity and altruism

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It is pretended by some that we can destroy without consequence, that we can give without consequence and that we can separate our own fate...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Hedging on a transition

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For the past few weeks, I've been working against competing demands for my blogging time. Besides the normal demands like work, family a...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

The debate over Obamacare is not a debate over economics, its really about ideology

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The GOP has finally released their bill to overhaul Obamacare. Though some key elements of Obamacare will remain, it is clear that the GOP ...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

It's time to start thinking of racism as an addiction: a preventable, progressive and fatal disease of the mind

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Here's an interesting story about a couple in Georgia who were sentenced to a combined 35 years in prison for participating in a parade...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Last night I tweeted John Lennon's "Imagine" to Betsy Devos and Steve Bannon

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I've been thinking a lot about this quote by Betsy Devos , courtesy of Mother Jones: Asked whether Christian schools should continue t...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Note to Congress: If you're afraid of your constituents, you're probably not representing their interests

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Republicans (and Democrats alike) and their viral town hall meetings are storming the news of late. Some Republicans dismiss it all as paid ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

If there is a single issue emerging to unify our country, it's probably universal health care

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I can recall how in the primaries last year, there were many attempts to brand Bernie Sanders as a single issue candidate. I can't recal...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Why your representatives in Congress prefer fundraisers to seeing you in town hall meetings

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I happened by chance to see the following headline just the other day: Duck and cover: More than 200 Republicans in Congress are skipping ...