Month: June 2006

Could we have universal health benefits by 2012? A non-partisan panel created by Congress to study what Americans want is urging just that. Pie in the sky? The politics of the issue–and this is all about politics, because...

…The absolute right of resisting oppressive measures is inherent in all people, and a constitutional barrier should be formed so that the People themselves, or their genuine representatives, may stop oppressive actions...

(posted from ykos) Too much wine for which there is no market?  (Hard to believe but true.)  In fact, the problem has reached crisis proportions, at least in Europe.  In response, the European Union will likely be...

Promoted by Steven D. Title says it all. We get all excited in our media when Saddam is captured or Zarqawi killed, or Abu Ghraib is exposed, but only for a brief moment, then we hit the snooze button. Rarely does our media...

Now we know: Winnie the Pooh has been voted the nation’s favorite animal character in a new survey, heading a list dominated by iconic bears like Paddington and Rupert. Pooh, created by A.A. Milne, won 51 percent of the...