Everyone is concerned with money in politics. Everyone understands that money has had a corruptive and corrosive effect on the body politic. It is fact that Wall Street and the titans of finance have had undue influence on all our policies. These titans of finance support policies that while great for their own capital appreciation […]

Last night I watched Fareed Zakaria’s fact based program on healthcare systems from around the world on CNN. He wrote the piece below in March that got little coverage but it bears reposting to get as many Americans reading it. So I urge you to spread this post. As Fareed says, “You can reason from […]

Let there be no doubt. I was watching Meet The Press today and wanted David Gregory to ask one of the Republican leadership a specific question. I sent the following question. I guess I just needed to watch Chris Wallace’s interview of Mitch McConnell for him to show his utter disregard for the poor and […]

Let there be no doubt. I was watching Meet The Press today and wanted David Gregory to ask one of the Republican leadership a specific question. I sent the following question. I guess I just needed to watch Chris Wallace’s interview of Mitch McConnell for him to show his utter disregard for the poor and […]

America, it is time to wake up. It is time to learn why the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) must be defended vociferously. The graphic on the left says it all. That is your money. Health Insurance companies are a cancer to our society. They are immoral as their executives make tens of thousands […]

I met Erin on a flight between Denver and Eugene, Oregon. Of course we discussed what? What is it that I mostly talk about? POLITICs. Anyway we started discussing the new paradigm. Success going forward for those of us in the middle class will be self employment. No longer should you expect fringe benefits or […]

I was Skyping with my daughter for about 15 minutes. She was excited with her new exercise program. She believes she can compete with this old fart but this old man is only old in age. Anyway we got off and about half hour later my cellphone rang. This “little” girl of mine was screaming […]

This is going to be a contentious political season. The Right will be a bastion of misinformation with the specific goal of having the working middle class vote against one’s own interest. It is a provable fact that Republic policies beginning with their objection to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is detrimental to most Americans. […]

The most conservative Supreme Court in history just upheld the health care law as constitutional. This is a victory for American families. It means lower costs, more coverage, and insurance companies can’t rip us off anymore. It’s the law. Health care costs are a national crisis. The Court affirmed that our Constitution empowers our elected […]

Transcript: President Barack Obama’s Remarks on the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Affordable Care Act These remarks were delivered in the East Room of the White House beginning at 12:15 p.m. EDT. The President: Good afternoon. Earlier today, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act — the name of the health […]