According to the Wednesday, March 11, 2009 issue of USA Today, “The biggest problem the country has is the cost of health care.” This is a mantra that has increased in volume throughout my lifetime. There have been many efforts to fix all or parts of the problem, but the most recent effort to put [...]
Healthcare Reform at Last?
When the “Hillarycare” healthcare reform proposal of 1993 went down in flames, there were many prognosticators who speculated that it would take 20-25 years before another serious healthcare reform proposal would be offered by a presidential administration. Based on Mr. Obama’s address to Congress on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, and the forecast published by major [...]
Advocacy is more than spam
It seems like daily I have 2-3 action alerts in my email box at work and perhaps as many with my home email account. I am one of those cause-based folks supporting environmental issues, peace and justice issues, health issues and human rights issues. Unfortunately Internet technology makes it so easy to create an online [...]
The political dream
High office is just 3 steps away!!
God Bless OUR President
Authors note (This was originally intended to be posted on Wednesday the 21st… Sorry, brain not speaking to the rest of the body yesterday)TW I wonder if 150 years ago, the first American President from Illinois would have predicted the second American President from Illinois would be a black man. I wonder if 150 years [...]
HEDIR Bookstore
- Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (9th Edition)
- Essentials of Environmental Health (Essential Public Health)
- Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (Urban and Industrial Environments)
- Study Guide to Accompany Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective

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