Manchin could whine and pout about how he is being treated, but other Democrats were not entitled to express frustration over how two senators are using antiquated rules to hold the country hostage.
Category: Health care
When to give a break to a politician
On Tuesday, Jan. 11, there were three examples of a public officials being unfairly reamed or slighted by another official. Dr. Fauci and Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Rochelle Walensky were grilled about …
Limiting guns vs. limiting abortions: The right wing wins again
Yes, the absurdity is very clear to progressives; not at all to conservatives. This is why conservatives are winning so many of the battles these days. They get to use firearms as their weapon of choice; progressives use a basic right on human reproduction. If you can’t see a power imbalance in this conundrum, look again.
Progressives need to move beyond their fear of talking about abortion
The alternative is for progressives to discuss abortion and sex at the same time and describe how abortion policy without a realization that “sex happens” will never reflect reality, empathy, and respect for basic civil liberties. Come on progressives. News organizations now let us use the ‘F’ word as an expletive; why can’t we talk about it for what it really means. It will greatly help the whole country better come to terms with the abortion issue and make more logical and empathetic decisions.
COVID-19 vaccines in a rich-country, poor-country world
That we live in an unequal world is nothing new. Now, though, that reality may have unpredictable consequences for all of us. We are
Adventures on the Titanic
Paul Krugman recently posted a piece in the New York Times, The Deadly Delusions of Mad king Donald. It likened our current state of
800,000 MD’s call Trump’s Easter re-opening plan a prescription for disaster
800,000 doctors are telling Donald Trump that his “plan” to reopen businesses by Easter is a bad idea. In a letter delivered to Trump
The ABC’s of ICD’s [the device implanted in Blues player Jay Bouwmeester]
Picture a nice size orange. Imagine it cut it in half. Stick two thin wires into the orange. Then close your eyes and think
Embrace Universality, Reject Means Testing
Bernie Sanders also has a student loan forgiveness proposal; he wants to forgive all of it. That’s it. There are no formulas, no missives full of technocratic language, and no barrier to entry other than having accumulated student loan debt.
Fact: American health care depends on foreign-born-and-trained professionals
The misinformation about legal immigration peddled by the Trump administration is going to get up close and personal for many of us rather quickly.