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Prospects for National Health Care Reform

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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The political dream

High office is just 3 steps away!!

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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 [...]

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