Criticism for Playing by the Rules?
March 22, 2011 No CommentsThe Obama administration’s handling of the situation in Libya seems, for once in American history, in line with international law; however, critics at home have found plenty to question.
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A Prelude to Health Exchanges: P.C.I.P.’s
March 19, 2011 No CommentsView Article: Pre-existing Condition? Now, a Health Policy May Not Be Impossible In order to see how the health insurance industry will look without the ability to deny coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions, one need only look at a couple of new federal and state programs. They are known as pre-existing condition insurance plans, or P.C.I.P.’s, ...
Security Council Authorizes No-Fly Zone over Libya
March 18, 2011 No CommentsBy Sid Sapru In a move unpredicted by many, the United Nations Security Council authorized the enforcement of a “No-Fly” zone over the nation of Libya, where for weeks forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Qadhafi have massacred civilians and rebels in an attempt to regain control of the country. In addition to permitting air strikes, ...
Obama’s challenge for 2012
March 18, 2011 No CommentsThe fear for Obama in the upcoming Presidential contest, as evidenced by his early campaign efforts, is that the momentous excitement that surrounded his candidacy in his 2008 contest against John McCain will not have the same fervor it did this time around. His challenge is thus to remind his voter base of why they ...
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GOP breaks rank on spending bill
March 15, 2011 No CommentsEarlier today a new spending bill funding the government past this Friday cleared the House, with no help from 54 Republicans. Democratic support allowed the stopgap measure to pass 271-158, but the lack of party unity spells bad news for Speaker Boehner and perhaps for the GOP as both sides of the aisle hope to ...
The Fall of Uranium, or Hitting the Metaphorical Wall
March 15, 2011 No CommentsBy: Noah Fram Nuclear radiation kills people. That is fairly common knowledge, on a par with the idea that cigarettes are unhealthy. World War Three terrifies people everywhere mostly because the prospect of a nuclear holocaust is the most plausible doomsday scenario anybody’s yet invented. But nuclear power is a quite different story. It survived ...
Dealing with Libya
March 1, 2011 No CommentsView article: U.S. defense leaders warn of no-fly-zone risks A few hours ago, the Senate unanimously consented to a resolution condemning the human rights abuses in Libya and other violations by the Gadhafi regime. But the Obama administration will need to be cautious in how it responds to escalating violence in Libya, especially concerning the ...
A Stride for Gay Rights
February 24, 2011 No CommentsIn Shift, U.S. Says Marriage Act Blocks Gay Rights President Obama’s decision on Wednesday to claim his opinion on the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional and encourage the Justice Department to stop prosecuting cases concerning same sex marriage is predicted to have large legal and political implications. The core issue is that certain states ...
Is shutdown imminent?
February 22, 2011 No CommentsView article: How a government shutdown could happen Debate over budget legislation in Wisconsin has led to a week of protests that have spread into nearby Ohio and show no signs of ending anytime soon, but does this crisis foreshadow a national stalemate? The resolution giving the federal government money will expire March 4, meaning ...
Personal Convictions and Clinical Care
February 19, 2011 No CommentsView article: A Bush Rule on Providers of Abortions is Revised On Friday, the Obama administration once again overturned a Bush administration policy which had previously placed religious and moral considerations in the forefront of medical practice and research. Many protections “to health care providers who opposed abortion, sterilization and other medical procedures on religious ...
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