The information released about Harry Whittington's condition and complications is apalling on the surface. Going a little deeper between the lines brings up some questions and a few correlations that the average reader would miss. I have worked on a "step down unit" like the one Whittington was transferred to for six years. In a hospital with a state-of -the-art heart center and the cardiologists to make it probably the best place to go in Denver metro if...
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Veterans with PTSD Facing Benefits Debate
It was only a matter of time. The VA is in a war over benefits for the increasing numbers of veterans getting compensation for PTSD, according to a report today in WaPo . That number, 215,871, increased seven times as fast as other disabilities, causing an increase of 150% from 1999. In addition to the new Afghanistan and Iraq vets applying, some from the Gulf War and Viet Nam wars are now more aware of the...
Review, Al Franken’s “The Truth (with jokes)”
Franken's new book is not only a great read (as the writer of the foreward says, the book delivers on it's title and subtitle) it is a concise and complete review of the Bush Administration's unbelievable record. Several of us, and Bill Moyers, have said that the American public has reached a teachable moment. This is your textbook for those lessons.
Wise Ass: It’s the Information Age
A comprehensive examination of what America and the Democrats are facing due to the control and abuse of the power of American government by the GOP. What we need to understand and how we need to spend our energy and money to turn America in a new direction.
Cohen Loses His Vision While More Want a Democratic House in ’06
Richard Cohen's WaPo 10/14 column on the Plame leak being no big deal is creating a lot of negative attention . Which may reinforce what I suggested to him last year after a really absurd column on being purple: maybe he needs some time off to unwind and get refocused. Meanwhile, a small NBC/WSJ survey has some startling numbers.
Federal Employees Benefits Targeted to Offset Katrina Costs
Stephen Barr reports in WaPo that 100+ Conservative House Republicans have drafted a plan to cut Federal Employee benefits to save $500 billion over 10 years.
John Edwards New America Initiative
Former Senator John Edwards has developed a New America Initiative to set up a program modeled after the depression era Works Progress Administration. The WPA put many people out of work during the depression in public works jobs around the country. This initiative would use the same principle: put the people who are displaced and jobless back to work rebuilding their own communities. No sweet deals to Haliburton and other Bush connected businesses, give people like Donnie From...
Even the Law Does Not Escape Mother Nature
A professor at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge describes Katrina's damage to the lawyers, courts, clients and prisoners and ponders how justice can be salvaged.
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