America’s War on Sex: The Contraception Battle
Jul 19, 2008 Dr. Marty Klein, author of "America's War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust and Liberty," has some additional questions for John McCain -- who flailed in the face of a perfectly reasonable query about Viagra versus birth control last week -- as well as his rivals for the presidency.When It Costs Too Much to Support the Troops
May 20, 2008 The comment was outrageous, but it was not the least bit surprising. A psychologist responsible for assessing returning war veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder -- a psychological ailment that could entitle them to monthly disability payments -- told staff members not to diagnose the illness because to do so would increase the government's costs.
Campaign ’08: Giving U.S. Health Care a Checkup
May 14, 2008 On May 5, the day before Barack Obama all but clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, I visited Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., because I was sick -- sick of stories about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his most famous parishioner and of television close-ups of Obama drinking beer and Hillary Clinton belting straight shots in efforts to show their inner blue collars.The Single-Payer Solution
Apr 24, 2008 As the media coverage of the Democratic presidential race continues to focus on lapel pins and pastors, America is ailing.
Burning Down the House
Apr 21, 2008 From the L Times: "In what appears to be the latest symptom of the nation's mortgage meltdown and credit crisis, insurers, law enforcement officials and state agencies nationwide report a jump in home and automobile fires in the last year believed to have been set by owners unable to pay their debts".Are Medical Insurance Mandates Constitutional?
Apr 5, 2008 Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's health-care plans contain some form of mandate -- a requirement that Americans purchase insurance. At least one legal scholar wonders whether that's constitutional. At the very least, Karl Manheim argues in an Op-Ed article, it's "certainly unprecedented."Doctors and Patients Agree
Apr 3, 2008 Add doctors to that growing list of Americans who would like to see some form of national health insurance.
The Mail War
Feb 26, 2008 Hillary Clinton was so irked by a couple of Barack Obama campaign mailers that a few days ago she publicly scolded him and said "every Democrat should be outraged" Clinton herself has been accused of sending misleading mailers to voters, including one that went out shortly after her now infamous "shame on you" news conference For inundated Ohioans, it's a question of whom to trust Updated.Paying More and Dying Sooner
Nov 13, 2007 Not only are Rudy Giuliani's figures about prostate cancer survival rates in the United States and Britain wildly misleading, but he's also wrong on his general point: that a single-payer system, of the kind that Republicans call "socialized" medicine, inevitably would deliver inferior care.Giuliani’s Health Care Cherry-Picking
Nov 2, 2007 In slamming Clinton-style reforms, "America's mayor" uses data in a way that shows disregard for the truth. Does that remind you of any other famous politician? Maybe the one in the Oval Office?
