If anyone ever doubted that elections have consequences, one only has to be reminded of what John Boehner said last week. “Obamacare is the law of the land,” the House Speaker told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, indicating that the Republican caucus will not attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With the law’s … Continue reading
Author Archives: Janine Hanrahan
Reflections on the Impending End of the Endless Election
With her tearful statement, “I’m tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney,” four-year-old Abigael Evans became the voice of the nation. Like many of her compatriots, Abby has heard one too many reports on the 2012 presidential campaign and she’s reached her breaking point. Luckily for Abby and the rest of campaign weary America, in … Continue reading
An Unfriendly Election
“Don’t talk religion or politics,” is an old adage with which many people are familiar and usually embrace. We don’t ask someone that we’ve just met about his or her religious or political beliefs because, as one of my professors once said, these issues get to the essence of who we are. The creed to … Continue reading
Put this in your binder- Romney is the better candidate for women
The latest Romneyism to set the political world awitter, “binders full of women,” has reiginited the battle for female voters, with President Obama and his campaign casting Governor Romney as an out-of-touch barbarian set on bringing women back to the 1950s. Romney uttered this now infamous phrase during the second presidential debate in response to a female … Continue reading
Wasted Debate: Biden’s ridiculous performance undermines the political process
Following the first presidential debate, Jon Stewart joked that President Obama had managed to unite partisans with his horrific performance. Not so following the Vice-Presidential debate between Vice President Biden and Congressman Ryan. Partisans on the left and the right couldn’t agree less about what they witnessed last night. Democrats, who have been despondent since … Continue reading
Obama’s Bad Medicine
Wednesday night’s presidential debate between President Obama and Governor Romney provided the American people with the most substantive policy discussion of the campaign. Of course, much of what both candidates said was so vague as to be meaningless, but nevertheless, it was refreshing to leave the pettiness that has pervaded the election behind for an … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Economies
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities In the iconic opening lines of a Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens describes pre-revolutionary France, but he could just as easily be … Continue reading
Regulations and Organ Donations: An Unhealthy Recipe
The waste and inefficiencies that plague healthcare in the United States are well known and well documented, but recently the New York Times published an astonishing article that reveals the extent of the problem. The article reports that nearly 18 percent of kidneys that could potentially be used in life-saving transplants are discarded each year … Continue reading
Placing blame where it belongs– with the violent.
The eruption of violence in North Africa that resulted in the brutal killing of the United States Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three others began Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt when a mob of protesters stormed the U.S. embassy, tearing down the American flag and replacing it with an Islamist flag. The protests came … Continue reading
Lagging Behind: Healthcare Information Technology
As is painfully clear and obvious there are many aspects of the United States healthcare system that need reform, but at what is arguably the very heart of the issue is a need for better health information technology (HIT). At a panel sponsored by Health Affairs, Sam Nussbaum, the executive Vice President and Chief Medical … Continue reading
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