I have not written of ethics and morality as a factor in health care reform. Perhaps this is a reflection of their absence in the national debate. Nevertheless assumptions concerning these expressions of American values are inherent...

The Republican National Convention is history, Hurricane Issac is winding down in Missouri and the lines of battle for 2012 have been drawn. The Obama-Biden team will doubtlessly talk about health care next week, but their positions...

The Republican Convention is reaching a climax tonight. I am heartened by the number of people saying someone needs to pull the plug on national conventions. One pundit cautioned this will not happen soon, because the mega-contributors...

I was watching Ed Schulz the other night and he raised an important consideration that I didn’t agree with. Ed  is an old-style, pro-Labor Liberal, a blue-collar Democrat, the kind we used to see in great number...