The different versions of the Patients’ Bill of Rights passed in the Senate last June and in the House the following August have been stalled in Conference Committee. Writing for the Galen Institute, Grace-Marie Turner asked, “Can Congress in good conscience pass the Patients’ Bill of Rights in 2002 and guarantee an increase in the […]
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In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush proposed the formation of a USA Freedom Corps, calling for every American “to commit at least two years 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime to the service of your neighbors and your nation.” This will require 80 hours per year
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Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Russell Feingold (D-WI) and the media have promoted their campaign finance “reform” bill (McCain-Feingold [S. 27] and Shays-Meehan [H.R. 2356]) as the solution to a “broken system” riddled with “too much money in politics.” They also say that big, powerful, moneyed interests have a pervasive, vested interest in government that
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Most of us who enjoy reading books concerning our world, especially those dealing with acts of courage arising from human tragedy, find a few works that have a lasting effect on our lives, not just because of the subject, but because of the way in which it is presented. Few writers can fill the reader
The role of gun violence and street crime in the United States and the world is currently a subject of great debate among national and international organizations, including the United Nations. Because the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the individual right of American citizens to own private firearms, availability of firearms is greater
There are three kinds of lies — lies, damned lies, and statistics.Mark Twain Junk science is the abuse of science by health scare con artists. It is fraud perpetrated to advance a special interest, or more likely, a political agenda. Junk science hurts us all, causing a significant negative impact on the quality of our
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