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Tom Coburn took 9/11 first responders hostage — and might have won.
Archive for December, 2010
December 22nd, 2010
December 21st, 2010
Category: Affordable Care Act, Medicaid
What kind of state eliminates Medicaid hospice benefits and cuts meal deliveries to disabled seniors? I liked South Carolina much better when we were all joking about the Appalachian trail.
December 21st, 2010
Category: Personal moment
The Daily Mail (yes, the Daily Mail) has a thoughtful analysis of the decline of children’s freedom to roam over four generations. Whether you think parents are being over-protective or not, there is no question that the loss of adventure, exploration and time in nature is sad for children. I felt a similar sadness recently [...]
December 21st, 2010
Did you hear about the “family values” party rejecting a bill to fight pedophilia? You should have.
December 21st, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
No, the Republicans don’t have the votes to block New START in revenge for DADT repeal. Now if Tom Coburn wants to spend from now to January 4 arguing about whether to provide health care for the 9/11 first responders, Reid’s attitude should be, “Bring it on.”
December 20th, 2010
Category: Spirituality and Religion
You know those rabbis 2,000 years ago whose views are so archaic? Turns out they were pretty smart.
December 20th, 2010
Category: Drug Policy
To follow-up on a prior post about the possible role of recovery in UK drug and alcohol policy , the coalition government’s new policy is now out. The policy places an emphasis on recovery exceeding any prior UK strategy, and embraces the concept of multiple pathways to recovery from addiction. This welcome development parallels similar [...]
December 20th, 2010
Category: Drug Policy, Language and usage
Gwen Ifill of the Lehrer News Hour recently commented, almost blandly, that she hardly heard anyone talking about a “War on Drugs” any more. This is true in many policy circles, but this label and its associated linguistic terms still survive in the media and in the culture. Sending this language to the dustbin of [...]