Yesterday in the Congo, Hillary Clinton presented a plan to combat the epidemic sexual violence that has become a weapon of war in that country. But in reading the coverage of the proposal in the Times today, I’m struck by how hard it is to actually do anything tangible to deal with this kind of [...]
Just received this in the mail, apparently a response to my post this morning about how my family is coping with the need for end-of-life counseling: You liberal SOB!! How far has Obama got his dick pushed down yout throat!!! You sir, are a liberal asshole!!!!!! *** user_email *** gtec08@gmail.com *** user_name *** Gene Chamblin [...]
One of the most telling moments in Obama’s New Hampshire town hall yesterday came at the very end, when one of the last questioners said: I’m very, very concerned about the elderly. I don’t know if this is also correct, but I understand that a federal health board will sit in judgment of medical procedures [...]
Michael Scherer’s excellent interview with Ezekiel Emanuel below should be required reading, and so should Ezra Klein’s interview on Monday with Senator Johnny Isakson, who has made end-of-life counseling a personal cause. It is difficult to bear the nihilist cynicism of mainstream Republicans like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh on this issue. The cruelty inherent in [...]
Much of this “death panel” “controversy” can be traced to a New York Post column that selectively quotes from White House health adviser Ezekial Emanuel’s academic career. I caught up with Zeke, the brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who is now vacationing in the Italian Alps, for a response. My Time.com [...]
Slowly, slowly, I now begin the effort to re-enter American reality after a two-week holiday–well, the holiday doesn’t end for a few days yet, but I figure I have to prepare myself gently for the toxic splash. I have not watched cable news for ten days now. I have not read Krauthammer. I am beginning [...]
“There is no substitute for love. If you haven’t got a family, go find one.” (If you don’t want to deal with the formalities, start watching at around 2 minutes.)
Yesterday, I wrote about the striking contradiction between Barack Obama’s public statements about the need to negotiate Medicare drug prices, and the New York Times report that Obama had agreed to forego such negotiations in order to win drug industry support for health care reform. I called the contradiction a flip flop. Sam Stein, over [...]
