Our American Discourse, Ep. 22: While the World Burns, a More Sustainable Future Is in the Making
In this episode, Christine Harada gives us an optimism that sustainability can prevail -- and tangible proof that we can make it happen right in our own backyard.
Guess Who Tried to Prevent the VA Crisis -- and Who Stood in Their Way!
While the Bush administration plunged us into two wars and cut taxes on the rich, Republicans in Congress were blocking every Democratic attempt to give the VA the funding they needed to give our veterans the medical care they were promised.
Staying in Afghanistan Is a Recipe for More Terrorism
Barack Obama is daring the terrorists. He's standing in their front yard. He's calling them out.
Looking Overseas Gives Us Reasons to Be Thankful for Obamacare
That's a lot of numbers, but they all tell the same story: The United States has the most complicated, most expensive, and most frustrating health care system in the industrialized world -- and none of that is due to Obamacare, most of which took effect after the survey.
Four Myths -- and the Truth! -- About the Individual Mandate
The individual mandate was a Republican invention from a time when it was not yet heresy for a Republican politician to advocate providing affordable health insurance to every American without a government takeover of the industry.