November 2009

Religion has had more than its say — perhaps too much to say — in our political discourse, so reports of an alliance of evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders who have embarked on a course of “civil disobedience” aren’t a big surprise. Nor is it a surprise that while they’re willing to be [...]

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Understand that the recent “news” about screening recommendations for them is being used as a tactic against health care reform. Let’s talk about Pap smear recommendations first. They have been evolving for years. In 2006 the first major revision was introduced, calling for Pap smears at age 21 or 3 years after a woman is [...]

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Watch out, folks. While heads are turned with non-issues like Sarah “no lie is too small” Palin, there’s a huge media consolidation taking place under your nose, and it won’t be pretty if it’s allowed to happen. Comcast is moving to buy NBC/Universal from General Electric on one side, and on the other, injecting themselves [...]

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