The New York Times has an informative article online today. The link is below, but what follows is my take on the information they provide. Asthma is the leading chronic, correctable medical issues in the US. It’s also one of the most expensive to control in total dollars spent. Pulmicort, a steroid inhaler for asthma: […]
“Government is power. Constitutional government is power limited by law. It stands in contrast to government by fiat, government with unlimited power, government at the whim of power holders, government with rules subject to change without notice, government that does not recognize or assure any substantial body of liberties or rights for its citizens.” “Politics is the process that determines […]
That word’s been thrown around a lot in the last five years. It’s been used as a scare tactic. It’s been ridiculed. It’s been used by both the important and the unimportant. It’s been used to define on the one hand, and defend on the other, the times we are living in. But few really […]
Open warfare has broken out inside the GOP between Tea Party Insurgents and the Republican Party Regulars. It revolves around tactics, more than policy. It’s an old-fashioned power struggle. The Insurgents’ protagonist is charismatic freshman U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. Behind him are a handful of powerful Insurgent leaders. Insurgent leaders need political boots on the ground. They’ve got them. Their […]
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was sold to the American people as a plan that would provide health insurance to forty million uninsured Americans, and make health insurance affordable to the middle class, without affecting those that liked their existing coverage. The public was told that the cost of health insurance would be lower for […]
To our state’s shame, North Carolina ranks number eight in the nation for sex trafficking. Criminologists list many different reasons for this fact, including interstate highways bisecting the state, a large transient military population, a high rate of tourism and lax laws regarding prostitution, solicitation and pimping. As of October 1, thanks to the recent […]
There are numerous news reports which delineate the direction the Obama administration desires our country to go. In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal Attorney General Eric Holder’s attack on tuition vouchers for minority children in Louisiana is described. This is an interesting situation which, I’m sure, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would find abysmal. Mr. Holder’s ostensible complaint is that minority […]
Last week, the Craven County Republican Party passed a resolution rebuking NC’s Republican Senator, Richard Burr, for his opposition to: the NC Republican Party, NC-GOP Chairman Claude Pope, the Republican National Committee, and NC’s Republican US House Reps (not to mention one NC Democrat House Rep.), in their attempts to defund Obamacare. The Craven County […]
Howard Fineman titles his article “How Conservatives Cooked A Blue Meth GOP.” The GOP is Heisenberg in Howard Fineman’s world. That means the GOP opponents are rogue government agents and neo-nazis. Fineman should agree agree with Senator Cruz then, or maybe he should actually understand Breaking Bad. In that show, a parent is trying to give money to […]
Today, US Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. It now goes to the US Senate for ratification. It will pass. In response to the NRA and other critics who say this treaty will lead to national gun registration, and the possible disarming of Americans, Kerry was quoted on Reuters […]
