“These are the times that try mens’ souls.” These famous words of Thomas Paine from his pamphlet “The Crisis”, written during the American Revolutionary War, stirred the spirit of all Americans of that difficult time. The words might as well have been uttered today. Paine lived and wrote amid two great revolutions: The American Revolution, [...]
So now people are finally bringing the revolution to the streets. At New York’s Stock Exchange, we suddenly see hundreds of people, young and old, protesting greed, protesting banks and bankers, protesting the stock market, protesting something almost indefinable now in the air in America. It is despair, it is disgust, with our own government. [...]
A week ago, Dennis Kucinich gave a speech in Seattle. It is about a new America, and the Dream of America. It is about the kind of America we all yearn for, and envision for our children. Draw your own conclusions. Here is the speech: Hello Seattle. On this day, in this place of great [...]
There is a new global civilization begin born. Many perceive this. But this new civilization will not come into being without the corresponding spiritual underpinnings of a new religion. When we speak of a new religion, red flags go up in peoples’ minds. A new religion signifies something opposed to current religious belief. It denotes [...]
The recent collision of interests between Democrats and Republicans over raising the debt ceiling masks a virulent and insidious intent behind all the posturing on the part of a growing cadre of Republicans. The talk is of revamping Social Security and Medicare on the one hand, and raising taxes on the other, and there seems [...]
Tax day has come and gone, and we had the Tea-Partiers making a lot of noise about taxes and big government. They proclaim a slide into socialism and the big hand of government and European socialism taking over all our lives. So you have paid your taxes. What are you getting? This is really the [...]
Something new is emerging in America. The bitter and fanatical cry of outrage from Republicans, conservatives and Tea-Partiers at the final passage of a first-ever national health care bill is the sign that something unusual is now coming to the fore in America. The rage, of course, is directed against Democrats, but its real target [...]
The efforts at health care reform now working its way through the hallowed halls of our government is something that should deeply anger all Americans, left and right, Democrat or Republican or Independent. Nothing that comes from these current efforts will ever solve the agony and suffering of tens of millions of Americans who are [...]
Here in the United States, in regards to Health Care, we seem to have blinders on. There is a mindset here in too many of our people that refuses to believe we can be anything but number one, no matter what the facts and statistics show. Our healthcare, if you can pay, is good; but [...]
Here’s another experience of someone who has experienced the health care system of our country, and then was exposed to health delivery in another country – this time France. For a basic primer on the issues, see our video on health care.