The charge of apartheid against Israel is so absurd that those who level the claim, starting but not ending with Jimmy Carter, relinquish any claim on legitimacy. Arabs in Israel proper have more rights than many Arabs in most of
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from American Thinker March 10, 2010 Reconciliation and the Senate Bill By Marilyn M. Barnewall excerpt: Using reconciliation to ram through complicated, far-reaching legislation is an abuse of the budget process. The writers of the Budget Act, and I am
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In October 2008 the Center for Disease Control placed the United States 29th in infant mortality. Canada shows 5.3 deaths per 1,000; vs the US with 6.9 deaths per 1,000. But U.S infant mortality is explained by the proportion of
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Fareed Zakaria’s first idea towards “Defusing the Debt Crisis” in the March 8 Newsweek was to institute a value added tax. While I supported his other two ideas (see previous two posts), I am at best uncertain on a value
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It will be a bitter pill for many, but it is inevitable.
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In the March 8th Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria proposes three solutions to the debt crisis in “Defusing the Debt Bomb.” His second proposal was to “end the massive , distorting subsidies for homeownership, healthcare, and agriculture.” I agree with him.
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My first wife, Renee, died of cancer in 1995. She was 42. I returned to the Winship Cancer Center in Atlanta to see what progress has been made in diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Carl D’Orsi, head of radiology noted that
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Under Bush the House introduced a resolution to bring attention to the Armenian genocide under Turkish rule nearly 100 years ago. The timing was horrible, since Bush was courting Turkish cooperation for the war in Iraq. The Anti Defamation League
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The health care summit accomplished very little, nor did many expect it to. The ruling party has made the tragic mistake of breaking the trust of the electorate. The Louisiana purchase, the Nelson Nebraska bribe, the failure to keep the
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The best cell phones are not nearly as clear as a land line. I hate talking on a cell phone. I have to ask people to repeat themselves due to poor connections, wind noise and the positioning of their mouth.
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(this was published previously in the Macon Telegraph) Being in the middle of a record economic crisis presents a rare learning opportunity. Several books are worthwhile for those seeking to understand what just happened. Too Big to Fail by Andrew
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While I share the great concern about her destructive economic policies of this administration, I am getting a contrarian tick about the dollar and gold. Every right wing talk show and business TV show is flooded with adds selling gold
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The Whole Story in Health Care
In October 2008 the Center for Disease Control placed the United States 29th in infant mortality. Canada shows 5.3 deaths per 1,000; vs the US with 6.9 deaths per 1,000. But U.S infant mortality is explained by the proportion of