Archive for the ‘publicPolicy’ Category
Saturday, April 28th, 2007
I wrote:
Is it fair to report that CU student Matthew Furnish’s “crime” was possession of “deadly weapons” — especially in the caption under his photograph? (News, April 20) Might have “firearms,” used later in the article, been more neutral? How would the News report the life-saving acts of Kenneth Hammond ...
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Before I describe my proposal, I would like to acknowedge Paul Hsieh, M.D. for his excellent letter to Colorado doctors about the horrors of government-controlled medicine.
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Colorado's Commission on Health Care Reform has posted its proposals on their website. Click on "Proposals" and then "Health Reform Proposals" in the left ...
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
The first comment is in response to this article about a "Medicaid "kids blitz". My comment is posted at the end:
Oh, how compassionate. Senator Bob Hagedorn is brave enough to "challenge the establishment" "when it comes to the health care of Colorado's children." A shrewd politician, Hagedorn ...
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
The Denver Post published an abridged version of the following letter today. Scroll down on here.
Al Knight (Feb 27) attributes growing health care costs to advances in medical technology. Yet, if this were true, why have cosmetic surgery and corrective eye surgery costs decreased compared to similar services? ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
I've happy to announce a new website I created, WhoOwnsYou.org. (You can order the bumper sticker below!) As I've written earlier, some politicians and activists want government to control the health care industry. In the end, this means that bureaucrats will determine who gets what health care, ...
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Today The Daily Camera published the following as a Guest Opinion (good choice of headline!) Here is one-line version, & here's a scan of the print version.
Government-run auto repair? Yes!
Modeled in health-care debacle, some could clean up
By Brian Schwartz
Sunday, February 11, 2007
"Government-run health care, that's the model for how to ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2004
This week Paul posted an article Geekpress that reveals the secrets of some David Blaine magic tricks. Reading them, I found that I value the entertainment he provides more than the actual knowledge of how he does the tricks. After all, there's enough technological "magic" around these days ...
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Friday, December 3rd, 2004
On Wednesday I got into the lotus position in yoga class, and more importantly, I got out of it. So that's progress. My trip back East for Thanksgiving was nice. My brother plays in a slow-pitch softball league that does not use a mat for the strike ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
I should take time to appreciate such things more often. Again linked from the Intellectual Activist Daily, this photo.
Boulder, CO , where I live, flouridates its water. Regardless of any positive health effects, I'm not too keen on this. If someone wants to add something to his ...
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2004
Briefly: I saw The Magnetic Fields perform on Boulder campus. A good band, not rock-n-roll, and they don't seem to like performing, but quite talented. The opening act, Darren Hanlon, was quite good. He reminded me of Jonathan Richman, and when I commented on this to the ...
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