Not Quite Center

More of the same from the Washington set was made clear to me last night when I found out what “superdelegates” are. (more…)

Why not a single-payor, national, universal health-care system? (more…)

This is a speech given yesterday (Jan. 20, ‘08) by Senator Barack Obama at the Ebenezer Church in Atlanta, the church where Martin Luther King, Jr. preached. (more…)

Saturday Heather and I watched The Great Debaters, a show produced by Oprah Winfrey and directed by Denzel Washington based on the actual 1935 debate team from then-exclusively black Wiley College in east Texas who did so well locally and regionally that they were eventually invited to debate against Harvard in Cambridge. How much of it is true I don’t know, but the story is compelling, the acting is good, and the message is very important.

It made me think about a lot of things, among them: (more…)

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would have a field day with the Bush administration, asserting that it’s all about the money. Here’s what I would say: (more…)

Last night I watched Sicko, Michael Moore’s film about the U.S. healthcare system. I’ll give you some time . . .OK, now that you’ve recovered from the mention of the hated film-maker, can we move on? It was a movie that was disturbing, revealing, compelling, funny, infuriating, pandering, provocative, silly, and meaningful all at once. (more…)