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Bush's war on women's bodies

Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:26 PM
As the sun finally begins to rise and banish the darkness of the Bush years, we continue to witness an alarming chain of eleventh-hour regulations emanating from the White House. The latest of those offenses against decency was published today : The Bush
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My sister hates my shoes

Monday, December 01, 2008 9:03 PM
My sister is in the hospital again; after a full day in the emergency room, she's now been admitted to a room and is (hopefully) sleeping comfortably. Without going into the horrid details, this has become an all-too-familiar routine for her. If all goes
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To Scott Barker of the KNS: Bravo!

Sunday, August 10, 2008 7:45 PM
Here's something I don't say very often: a story in today's Knoxville News Sentinel is such a masterful example of beautiful storytelling, it brought a tear to my eye. This piece by Scott Barker describes the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's Music And Wellness
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The growing ranks of the underinsured

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:27 PM
In addition to the 47 million Americans with no health insurance, the ranks of those considered underinsured are growing at an alarming rate. A new study by the Commonwealth Fund has found that the number of Americans with inadequate health insurance
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House prevents Bush from sticking it to the poor (again)

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:20 PM
By a lopsided vote of 349-62, the House of Representatives voted today to impose a moratorium on seven regulations promulgated by the Bush White House which would have eliminated $13 billion in Medicaid funding for health care for the poor. Every House
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Majority of US doctors support single payer health care

Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:10 PM
A new survey has concluded that 59 percent of US doctors support a national, single-payer health insurance plan, while only 32 percent of doctors oppose the idea. That's a huge shift from the last survey, done just six years ago, which found 49 percent
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The Healthy Americans Act

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:11 PM
Fourteen senators from both parties have signed on as co-sponsors of the Healthy Americans Act (S. 334); accompanied by a companion bill introduced in the House, the HAA seeks to address the problems of the crumbling US health care system. My mind isn't
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Some thoughts on Edwards

Friday, January 04, 2008 12:07 PM
After John Edwards's strong second-place finish in last night's Iowa caucus, he had this to say : [C]orporate greed has got a stranglehold on America. And unless and until we have a president in the proud tradition of Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt,
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Another study shows US health care inadequate

Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:25 PM
Yet another study comparing health care in the US to that of the civilized world shows the stark reality of our system's inadequacy; its inefficiency and defects stand in blinding contrast to countries with universal coverage: Americans spend double what
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Rep. Pete Stark apologizes for telling the truth

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:08 PM
During the debate on whether to override Bush's veto of S-CHIP funding last week, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) set wingnuts aflame with manufactured rage over these remarks he made on the House floor: You don't have money to fund the war or children. But you're
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