Going Broke!

Posted 20 hours ago

I believe no other civilized nation would have tolerated such a scandalous and shameful record of neglect for as long as we have with our nation's health care as it is today. Do you know that 40 million of our fellow citizens who, because of poverty, illness or unemployment, must now live without any health care coverage? A nation that forgets t...

Spending Millions To Kill Each Terrorist

Posted March 11

Is there any way to look at the war in Afghanistan as anything but a mounting failure? We have been there for about 10 years and we have learned that the death of each Taliban fighter we battle costs at least $50 million. That's a conservative estimate. It could actually be $100 million.      The best estimate of Taliban k...

Anti-abortion-or anti-woman's health?

Posted February 19

There is a Planned Parenthood office in my neighborhood, and on most Saturday mornings a small group gathers outside and reads from the Bible and prays loud enough so that those in the passing cars can hear them.    They are there not just to spread God's Word, I suspect, but to intimidate women seeking the health services insi...

Even as a Catholic I support same-sex marriage

Posted January 16

As a Catholic, I have been taught, absorbed, and lived the doctrines of spirituality of the Roman Catholic Church. My Church has directed me well to love what is right and just. Not only to stand up for the oppressed but to search my own soul lest it harbor prejudice or hatred toward anyone. Being true to one's conscience is an essential teachin...

Nobody can deny it anymore!

Posted January 14

It's been pretty clear up to this point to all concerned except the most partisan that the Obama administration is failing on almost all levels, the lackluster response to the gulf oil spill being just one of the recent failures a few months ago. President Obama is in over his head, his advisors appear unequipped and disengaged, and there's no e...

The American Student Loan Racket?

Posted January 11

Today's young adults face a lifetime of diminished expectations, if not outright poverty. A majority of those attending college find themselves caught in the vise of a scissors crisis-low wage jobs and astonishing levels of student loan debt.     This financial strain is leading to rising incidences of depression, broken marria...

Gay Adoption Should Be Embraced

Posted November 20, 2011

Sexual orientation should not be a factor in deciding whether to grant adoption and residents of any jurisdiction should specifically be granted equality to gay couples in the adoption process. Traditionally, the test for whether an adoption should be granted has depended on a judge's determination of what is best for the child. Virtually no one...

We all have a responsibility to report child abuse

Posted November 16, 2011

There simply is no excuse that no one did anything-not a thing-to confront former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky about allegations that he had engaged in child sex abuse or get law enforcement involved. Were they all so afraid of being wrong to accuse, or even worse afraid of the fallout if child abuse was discovered at Penn ...

Racism Today

Posted November 9, 2011

Mr. Herman Cain candidate for President says racism is no longer a sigificant obstacle for African-Americans. This is the same right wing that is conspicuous by its silence, its hostility or its complicity when the injustice system imposes mass incarceration on young black men, when the number of hate groups in this country spikes to more than a...

It's Time For Term Limits

Posted October 19, 2011

Congress sits in intractable inaction. Every perceived personal or political affront is etched into the memories of our representatives, spurring partisan retribution with future opportunities arise. The will of the people is sacrificed for the preservation of the party and the tenure of the person. Only by wresting control from career politicia...