September 30, 2011
Here’s your weekly quick look at few developing stories in the political arena: On Thursday, the House approved a short-term funding bill that will avoid a partial government shutdown. The government is now funded through October 4, then the House will have to consider bigger measures to keep the government funded through November 18. This [...]
September 13, 2011
On Monday night, CNN held a Tea Party Republican Debate and one of the highlights was this big #WTF moment that came when the crowd cheered when Ron Paul was asked: if a sick person with no insurance coverage goes to the hospital should society just let him die? Seriously, when did our society become [...]
January 31, 2011
Young Invincibles, a DC based group that focuses on Health Care reform from a youth perspective, is confident that the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act will ultimately be upheld Read their release after the jump, [Washington, DC] –Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida ruled today that part of the Affordable Care [...]
November 8, 2010
An article in today’s NYTimes revealed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been working with the dairy industry to increase cheese sales. You know, the USDA. The dudes who brought us the food pyramid and all those patronizing ads telling us not to drink so much soda. So this government department is spending money [...]
May 7, 2010
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released a policy statement that basically endorses female genital mutilation; suggesting the law should “enable pediatricians to reach out to families by offering a ritual nick” such as “pricking or incising the clitoral skin to satisfy cultural requirements.” I could rant about this, but I think my friend Rebecca’s [...]
