| Nov 22, 2010 | Economy / BusinessWe have seen the future and it is grim. That glimpse of the road ahead arrived in the form of a preview of the Bowles-Simpson Commission’s report on the kinds of things government has to do (and not do) if we want to avoid economic doom. Things like giving up...
| Oct 18, 2010 | Environment / HealthYears of struggle, Joy and strife; Body’s done, But not my life. It’s been 25 years now since an AP poll revealed that a majority of Americans thought terminally ill patients should have the right to die. Assuming, of course, that they wanted to. Fat lot...
| Sep 20, 2010 | Economy / BusinessMost of us have friends, neighbors, or family members who have lost jobs, income, and even their homes in this Great Recession. Or we have our own personal stories of increased hardship since the economic meltdown began in 2008. The Census just released data that...
| | Environment / HealthOur health system’s Run amok; Folks just out, To make a buck. America’s hallowed “market democracy” has favored us with a cornucopia of shimmering goods and services. At least, if you can afford them. Unfortunately, that system doesn’t...
| Aug 5, 2010 | Environment / HealthRemember the hullabaloo over so-called “death panels,” last summer? Faced with screeching right-wing opportunists who tried to kill healthcare reform by accusing the Obama administration of being out to snuff out our grandparents, the folks responsible for...
