Big Business – Free Lunches

The paradox surrounding health care reform is less the idea of extending coverage to the almost 50 million Americans without coverage, then it is more about how to reign in the current year over year escalation of health care costs. We hear from health care industry experts that this can not be done without heavy [...]

Morality and Common Sense

Stupidity is a word we have heard recently from the President Obama. Stupidity seems appropriate to describe the current health care debate too, but but maybe in both cases, the word common sense would be more appropriate. We have a health care delivery system that is increasing in cost 2-3 times the national rate of [...]

Employer Mandate?

News reports indicate that at this stage of Senate health care reform negotiations, both the “public option” and “employer mandates” are not included in the Senate health care reform bill. What are they thinking? We have already 40-50 million uninsured Americans and if the employers of those with health care coverage suddenly decide company profits [...]

What Does It Take To Be A Republican?

In the past, a Republican was someone who favored the farmer, a strong defense, and fiscal responsibility. In short, Republicans were for America and both military and financial security for its citizens.  This was easy to understand.  So, just as a car owner might buy a Chevy for their first automobile and then as they [...]

Health Puzzle

Try talking with anyone (and especially anyone you do not know well), and ask them what they think about health care reform. You will be surprised with the wide range of answers you receive. You will immediately get the sensation of the blind man describing an elephant by touch.  Health care reform must cap doctors [...]

Racial Profiling Stupidity

President Obama made an unfortunate comment in answer to a question at his last news conference. The subject was the arrest of Harvard Professor Skip Gates on charges of disorderly conduct in his own home. President Obama called the arrest “stupid” and then pointed out the similarity this event has to what has happened to [...]

Free Lunch Wishes

All the discussions going on about how much the various health care reform proposals might cost and how would they be paid for begs a much bigger question. The simple and obvious answer is that the reforms being discussed will cost a lot more compared to where we are now, but so what? Common sense [...]

Visions, Values, and Health Care

Grow up! How can one attribute positive purpose to the current Congressional health care reform discussions? Why should one think something better will emerge? If you are someone who currently has health care insurance (or Medicare) and are in good health, you might even wonder what the discussion is all about. From your vantage point [...]

The Real Problem with Green House Gases

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew the short straw over the weekend and made the request to India to agree to limits on carbon emissions. Clinton asked India to limit its emission on the basis of the entire country. While India is a significant emitter, it still lags behind the US but is catching up [...]

Mindless Thinking

A number of critics are sighting the campaign promises President Obama made that he has not delivered on, in the short 6 months of his first term. One is the promise to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy where the military can musters out anyone who declares their sexual preference for someone of the [...]