Buried on page 8 of the President’s 11 page health care reform proposal1, is the key to resolving the protracted debate: “insurers have little incentive to lower their premiums”.
Positioned as a middle ground between the House and Senate bills, the White House proposal nevertheless does nothing economically to provide incentives.  The […]

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As each song on this impressive two-disc album, containing over two hours of music, bears the word “Raga” in its title and as it’s a word that I wasn’t familiar with before listening to this album and doing a bit of reading, I’d like to first give a short excerpt from the definition of the […]

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What does it say about an album when two of the most enjoyable tracks on it are karaoke instrumental versions of the songs? Well, I guess it depends on how much you like karaoke…
A little less than five months after the theatrical release of the film and the original soundtrack, and around a month after […]

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“People are willing to do stupid and dangerous and horrible things in exchange for fame,” says journalist Gabriel Snyder, in acclaimed director Ondi Timoner’s newest documentary We Live In Public, “and Josh is driven by that quest more than most people I know.” The Josh Snyder is speaking of is Josh Harris, the unconventional visionary […]

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I was shocked some time back when Yitzhak Rabin was Prime Minister of Israel and one of the most decent of the lot when a human rights group in which I was participating had the issue of Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians arise. I was shocked to discover that I was […]

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It was the usual interesting 90 minutes. And I think it would be fair to say that tempers were getting frayed at times. A year is a long time to follow any story and I think it would be fair to say that everyone is suffering a level of frustration. One of the aspects of […]

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I feel for those who who bought modest homes that were overpriced because of the “housing bubble” and now can’t meet their mortgages.
So those who bought modest homes and find they are in a temporary bind in paying off the mortgage probably need some kind of help, either from relatives, bank loans, or government guaranteed […]

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