Month: June 2012

In Two Days, It May Be Impossible to Get a Legal Abortion in Mississippi

At the federal level, through the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, women are supposed to have access to safe and legal abortions in all of the United States. Separately, states are legally prevented from enacting laws that contradict federal laws. However, as has been demonstrated in Mississippi, there are ways to get around the implications of these two facts. According to a story reported this week…

Health and the Unexpected

It really is simple. No one plans to become ill or injured. If a person becomes ill or injured and needs medical care that he/she cannot afford to pay for, should that person should receive that care? Unfortunately, many people without insurance become ill or injured, and they show up in emergency rooms and doctor's offices expecting medical care, and they…

Romney Doesn’t Want Good Economic News to Hurt Him

Former Governor and current presidential candidate Mitt Romney apparently does not want the good economic news in states like Ohio, Florida and Michigan to distract from the message that he’s spreading that the economy is horrible and President Obama has only “made it worse.” In late May, several news reports surfaced that Romney’s operatives were asking those governors to pipe…

A Tax Cut Reality Check

I was extremely impressed by Fareed Zakaria's recent GPS program broadcast that opened with a very clear and lucid description of tax cuts. He reminds us that not only has US Presidential candidate Romney promised more tax cuts if he's elected, but that tax cuts have constituted a large portion of the economic stimulus measures that the Obama administration has…