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• 'Death panels' alive — and that's good news for all of us

  Wed Dec 29, 2010
  • We dont' have a health care problem in this country, we have a health problem.

• Fanning the flames

  Wed Sep 8, 2010
  • Why, why, why? It's 2010. We've sent people to space, we know what an atom is, and we can do brain surgery. Why anyone, anywhere, actually believes and bases their actions on ancient mythology - which all religions are - is beyond me.

• Suspect had long protested Discovery programming

  Wed Sep 1, 2010
  • Right idea but wrong method for sure. I chose not to ever have kids 20 years after seeing a graph chart of population level - very scary. We need a future with a much smaller, sustainable population worldwide. A nice, slow, gradual reduction through attrition over say 75 or 100 years.

• Childlessness is up in the U.S.

  Fri Jun 25, 2010
  • Sure we do. Resource scarcity is almost always a local problem brought about by politics, infighting, tribalism, and whatnot. There are ample resources; the problem is how they are allocated and controlled.

• Childlessness is up in the U.S.

  Fri Jun 25, 2010
  • Uh, does anyone here realize there are almost 7 billion people on the planet. We don't have enough food, clean water, room, oil, natural gas, electricity, medicine, etc for even a fraction of the people who are already here, so why would we make any more, on purpose?

• Obama: Spill 'brutally unfair' on Gulf residents

  Sat Jun 5, 2010
  • I'm not siding with BP, but... If the leak is a result of BP cheating, cutting corners, or breaking the law, that's a different story, and we just don't know if that's the case yet! Of course, BP has to do all it can to stop the leak and clean up what's spilled.

• Seniors wait on care, grow sicker as copays rise

  Wed Jan 27, 2010
  • Obesity, as far as I'm concerned, is being electively sick. There are exceptions, and those aren't the problem. It's the millions, who are told by their doctors, year after year, to lose the weight, and don't - for whatever reason.

• Seniors wait on care, grow sicker as copays rise

  Wed Jan 27, 2010
  • I think it's time for our society to make some judgement calls to set a path going forward. Many amazing new treatments and drugs for seniors are available now that simply weren't around 20 years ago.

• Is choosing a home birth with a midwife worth the potential risk?

  Fri Sep 11, 2009
  • What's the problem? Women had babies for thousands of years in caves and mud huts, a doc is a new development and unecessary most times!