Why I Am a Conscientious Objector to the ACA
I have been an outspoken advocate for a Medicare for all health system. During the health reform process, I did all that I could to push for single payer, including…
Inspection-Of Political Correctness and the Word War
by Ken Carman The year? Well, probably about 1996 because I was arguing with a former client about Bill Clinton. He had just "outed" me as politically incorrect: not a member…
I Can’t Believe ‘Real Butter’!!!!!
Ana wanted to share this link to a column by Mark Bittman in the NY Times on eating real vs the brier-patch of decoding the industrial foods claims of healthy.…
Getting Into Hot Water
Last night I went to a meeting of a local sustainability group on home solar hot water installations. There was a room of about 70 mostly older folks like myself.…
Hobby Lobby’s Secret Agenda: How it’s Quietly Funding a Vast Right-Wing Movement
Hobby Lobby says it's just trying to protect its religious freedom. The family-founded and -run company is closed on Sundays, has an employee manual that includes biblical references, and…