Our current healthcare system costs about twice per capita compared to other industrialized countries, with drug prices two to three times as high. Prices have risen exponentially, much faster than
In response to overwhelming public opposition to its livestock tracing policies, the USDA announced last week that it is revising the standards for its National Animal Identification System. In a
Given the oft-bemoaned existence of partisanship in California politics, it is no surprise that imaginative remedies are frequently proposed. The standard anti-partisan argument goes that, because political parties
At Sarah Palin's Tea Party Convention speech in Nashville, she was careful to say that the Tea Party movement has no leader and should remain that way- a
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a San Francisco based non-profit international digital rights advocacy organization. They are veterans in the fight for internet privacy. The list of their lawsuits
News publications across the state are reporting the plunge in illegal immigration here in the United States. The Washington Post takes a good look into the numbers, saying that illegal
As colleges and universities continue to see dramatic declines in revenue and our nation’s young people carry increasingly high levels of student loan debt, there was a strong feeling
Extra taxes on such goods as alcohol and tobacco are sometimes referred to as “sin taxes,” since, as the name suggests, they are seen as vices. When buying a loaf
Avatar's pro-environment, anti-war ideology has been thoroughly scrutinized by political pundits on both sides of the aisle. One aspect of their critical analysis that has been
My recent article promoting Medicare as a solution to the crisis in health insurance costs and availability started a lively discussion about the pros and cons of the 44-year-
Earlier this week I was reading AB 347, a bill that is currently circulating in Washington DC. The summary reads as follows: "Allows an individual or a corporate taxpayer
Mandates, funded or unfunded, aren’t unique to the federal government -- the state imposes 51 on school districts and community colleges, with one requirement costing as much as $200 million