Valuing My Family
Two changes brought about by the health care reform bill will directly benefit my family. The option of keeping a child on the family health insurance plan until age 26 provides a security I did not have, because until now my family plan only covered an adult child who was a full-time student. Student loan [...]
Last Stand
Will the last hurdle to completing the health care bill be Republican opposition to Pell Grants for low-income college students? Is that where they want to draw their line? Will their theme song be Pink Floyd’s ‘We Don’t Need No Education’? The bill goes back to the House today.
Margaret and Helen
Two ladies of mature years give Bart Stupak some home truths.
Growing Collaboration
Over the past three years, I have dabbled in gardening, growing a modest assortment of vegetables and herbs in the modest yard surrounding my apartment. My initial foray into producing my own produce occurred in collaboration with my friend and next-door neighbor, Julie, whose thumbs are inherently much greener than my own. (Mine are more [...]
Defending Celibacy
Anyone remember the Providence Journal’s ‘Face of Religion’ page? A frequent contributor was Dale O’ Leary, who liked to rant against feminists. Just before the Catholic church sex-abuse scandals broke, she began writing columns about forgiveness. After the first pedophilia stories came out, she claimed that enemies of the Church were gloating. Well, I’m not [...]
Culinary Science Advances
In a daring experiment, Ninjanurse discovered that french fries left in a styrofoam take-out container overnight could be restored almost to their original crispiness with just three minutes under the broiler. Will this research benefit mankind? Or is this subject to mis-use, especially by those who preach health reform but have a bad habit of [...]
Youth is a Pre-Existing Condition
Shawn Kennedy at American Journal of Nursing writes about fighting the system when her family insurance refused to cover her son’s accidental injury. He had a pre-existing condition of being young and athletic, and dislocated his shoulder for the second time. He should not have made that ‘bad choice’. If he ever has another accident, [...]
A Blog From my Minister
He blesses health care reform. He also posted the ‘Yes We Can’ video that played in the campaign, if you missed it, check it out. If you saw it, then watch it again. Yes We Did.
Sensitive
You know, somehow you never get used to being called, ‘baby killer’. Funny little quirk of human nature, I guess.
Independent of Politics
The United States is one step closer to health care reform, with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by the House of Representatives last night. Not a single Republican voted for the bill. Indeed, to hear many members of the Grand Old Party, the United States is one step closer to [...]
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