Worried About Cell Phones and Cancer?
Like many other people umbilically linked to my mobile e-mailing, tweets, calls, and texts, I’m concerned by the World Health Organization’s recent findings regarding mobile phone use and brain tumors. This latest pronouncement prods me to make some lifestyle changes—my favorite one being to waste less time being a slave to my damn cell phone. READ MORE >>
Blocked Off
Republican governors came to Washington recently with a pretty clear message on Medicaid: Cut the program or, better still, let us cut it on our own. READ MORE >>
Bush's Legacy on AIDS--and Ours
On the train this morning I thought back to a grad school lunch I attended long ago with Randy Shilts. He noted that he would be out for coffee with someone, notice a blotch on the man's forehead, and then quietly register that yet another friend would probably be dead in six months. Shilts died not long after that, one of almost 600,000 Americans who have died of AIDS. READ MORE >>
Good News on AIDS
We live in discouraging times. The economy is in deep recession. Republicans won major midterm election victories. North Korea is acting crazy. Iran may develop a nuclear bomb. READ MORE >>
Hey, Lame-Duck Congress! Fix the Awful Medicare Waiting Period for Disabled People
Freshman House Republican Andy Harris is receiving the blogosphere piñata treatment after he complained about waiting a whole 28 days for his health coverage. This pampered physician campaigned hard on a platform to repeal health coverage for millions of people. Yet he seems shocked by one of the most basic and minor inconveniences imposed by our current employer-based insurance system. READ MORE >>
President Obama: I love You, but You Need to Raise Your Game
[Cross-posted at The Reality-Based Community.] READ MORE >>
Forget About Boehner. Try Republican Governors
Shovel Ready. And Good for Your Health.
Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, and others have been writing about physical infrastructure investments I've been enjoying these columns, which I agree with. READ MORE >>
The Wall Street Journal, At It Again
When health care reform passed, I was quietly grateful for many things. Mostly, I was grateful that people I cared about would get needed help. Yet I was quietly grateful for other things, too. For example, the close of that legislative battle relieved me of the daily sense that I should really be checking up on the ungracious, often-dishonest Wall Street Journal editorial page. Subsequent legislative and political battles have presented many disappointments. Not the least of these is that I now feel I should be checking up on them again. READ MORE >>
Elitism, According to Megan McArdle
Megan McArdle is unhappy with my recent piece about the Johanns Amendment. Her basic complaint is captured below, though I recommend that you read the entire column: READ MORE >>
