Jan 9 2010

Close the gaps

President Barack Obama will have to match deeds with his words strongly condemning the “systemic failure” that allowed a terrorist with a bomb to board an airplane in Amsterdam and fly to Detroit on Christmas Day.
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Aug 7 2009

Community College: No Longer America’s Best-Kept Secret

I wanted to share an essay I wrote last week about an issue that is close to my heart: community colleges.  I am thrilled that President Obama has asked me to spread the word to as many people as possible about the value of these institutions.  As I write in my essay, I have seen [...]

Jul 8 2009

Socialized Medicine: What’s In Store?

For reasons I don’t understand, some Americans–a minority, to be sure–want us to adopt socialized medicine along the lines of the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries. This view can be held, I think, only by those who know little about the quality of care under such systems. The latest comes from the [...]

Jul 2 2009

Under UK socialized medicine, Disabled children wait up to two years for wheelchairs

And the Democrats want this kind of care for our children?
The NHS was told today to stop relying on charities to fill funding gaps after figures revealed many trusts would not pay the full cost of electric wheelchairs for disabled children.
Freedom of information figures obtained by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign found children were subject to [...]