Big money has been ubiquitously understood as the bane to any fair, democratic electoral process. It was understood by our Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, and Dwight Eisenhower. Our current President seems to almost understand this, but his will to commit to an act on this understanding is suppressed in the commonly held belief Read More
Political and Other Reflections from Robert
Health Care Not the Issue
February 24, 2010
In listening to the jockeying going on in Congress it is clear that the game being played has little to do with health care. The fact that the not so in tune representative from Ohio could say that he didn't think that anyone is really having a problem with their health insurance lets us Read More
Feet to the Fire
January 20, 2010
How more apparent can it be that our political process is so wimpy, reactive, and utterly ineffective when we watch the hyper attention and posturing that comes with the Tuesday election in Massachusetts?
As you may or may not know, I never thought that the health care bill proposed by Democrats was really of Read More
As you may or may not know, I never thought that the health care bill proposed by Democrats was really of Read More