"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money” Margaret Thatcher famously said as she and our President Ronald Reagan began their revolution against anything that was socialist and embraced all things … [Read more...]

If "Affordable health care is a basic human right." one problem is defining "affordable". I could afford a Ferrari today, but it would require that I sell my house. So how do we define what is affordable?  Let's look at Canada.  I … [Read more...]

No doubt you’ve seen the message on social media or received it via email from a friend, “You should have to pass a drug test for welfare because I have to pass one to be able to work my ass off to earn it for you!”  The implied message is … [Read more...]

Howard Dean now serves as senior advisor to the law firm "Dentons", where he works with the firm’s Public Policy and Regulation practice, a euphemism for Dentons’ lobbying team.  The Dentons Public Policy and Regulation practice lobbies on … [Read more...]

There's the story of the gambler who bets on every football game he can.  He calls his bookie several times a day, betting pro, college, even high school football games.  He looses every time.  In fact, after the football season is finally … [Read more...]

I'll argue that most of ones health is predetermined by genetics and/or ones family environment . Along the same lines, much of ones wealth is predetermined by ones birth. That said, if one does not believe in universal single payer health … [Read more...]

Watching American laborers embrace Donald Trump as their choice for president makes me look back to the Egyptians who worshiped the pharaohs as representing the gods on earth. The Republican Party has cultivated an electorate that … [Read more...]

My wife and I decided to go out for dinner.  She’s on a restricted diet with a few allergies.  I don’t have much in the way of restrictions, but I’m very hungry and we’re on a budget.  There are several restaurants in town and we head over … [Read more...]

In September of this year, my supervisor gave me the news that the company was making changes, going in a new direction, and my services were no longer needed.  I was 60 years old and out of work.  It was more of a relief than a surprise.  … [Read more...]

Let me be clear, I don’t want affordable health care.  I want health care.  Affordable health care implies that when I need it, I have to reach into my wallet and pay for it, as I would do with an affordable lunch or affordable pair of … [Read more...]