3 reasons to open Medicare for buy-in from 55 year-olds up to 65: 1. Healthier sub-group = more money in but less out = more money exchanged for other than healthcare goods = growing economy 2. More providers for preventative care = more steady guaranteed income for providers and negotiating power for Medicare = healthier … Continue reading My Own Take on Medicare for 55 year olds
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Liberty and justice for all
My more usual rant. Dear America: Wake up! On the anniversary of this nation's founding, Mad King George is back and ready to crush our democracy. Soliciting the voting registries of the states can have no purpose except intimidation and voter suppression. Colluding with a foreign nation or at least stating that foreign interference … Continue reading Liberty and justice for all
Not my pageant, not my president
Not my pageant...We the people are not witnessing a coronation of a king to whom we must bow in obedience as to a god...not my president.
Here I am
I struggled to understand my uncharacteristic stillness. Until President Obama’s farewell speech from Chicago…
It’s simple. But then I’m not a lawyer.
I can’t understand the difficulty of interpreting the US Constitution in light of state or federal laws regarding marriage, even if I can understand the debates within religious communities. But I really cannot understand the difficulty of constitutional interpretation for those who claim Biblical literalism as their foundation. If the Bible is read literally, and … Continue reading It’s simple. But then I’m not a lawyer.
The Changing Definition
Two days ago SCOTUS heard oral arguments regarding marriage equality. The “definition” of marriage was raised as a concern with comments about “the” definition of marriage as between a man and a woman and “the” definition as being ancient. But I find that there is not one, singular definition of marriage. Over time the definition … Continue reading The Changing Definition
The Mandate and Religious Freedom
The Mandate and Religious Freedom Unable to sleep this morning, Jesus’s words to his disciples on his last night echoed through the darkness, “Are you still sleeping when I’m about to die?” In my drowsiness I realized it was not yet the evening of the Passover meal he would celebrate; no, there were yet hours … Continue reading The Mandate and Religious Freedom
Be it resolved…
“I am not the product of my circumstances. I am the product of my decisions.” Stephen Covey "Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are." His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama __________ And so it begins. The annual challenge to decide if I am … Continue reading Be it resolved…
“Love isn’t a s…
“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” ― Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to RememberAnd so I shall strive to love. In … Continue reading “Love isn’t a s…
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