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• Rick Bayan wrote a new blog post: It’s Here, It’s Queer: Our Perplexing Healthcare Package   5 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Of course I mean “queer” in the original, archaic, Webster’s-approved sense of the word: Strange. Odd. Puzzling. The healthcare bill that nabbed a narrow victory last night in the House of Representatives is nobody’s idea of a coherent reform package. It’s a grotesque piece of work that resembles one of those loopy mythical hybrids:  a [...]

• Rick Bayan wrote a new blog post: Without a Public Option, Is It Still Healthcare Reform?   5 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  The clock is ticking as Democrats steel themselves for Sunday’s healthcare showdown in Congress. Aided by vigorous last-minute boosterism from their man in the White House, they expect nothing less than victory. 
  The Democrats stand a more-than-fair chance of birthing this baby after a long and painful gestation. But will it be a viable baby? Will it provide a safety net for the millions of uninsured, [...]

• Rick Bayan wrote a new blog post: Why Republicans Should Love the Public Healthcare Option   5 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  I suspect that a fair number of Americans, not all of whom are socialists, believe that nobody in this country should have to go bankrupt because of illness. Let me confess, without shame, that I belong to this marginalized crowd.
  Our mission, as believers in an unpopular but righteous cause, is to convince Republicans and other balking conservatives that the public option represents “the [...]

• Rick Bayan wrote a new blog post: Got Slaves, General Washington?   6 months, 1 week ago
  

  On the corner of Sixth and Market Streets here in Philadelphia, less than a home run’s distance from Independence Hall, archaeologists a few summers ago dug through two centuries’ worth of dirt and rubble to uncover the ancient foundations of the President’s House. On this very spot, between 1790 and 1797, George Washington lived, slept, struggled with his [...]

• Rick Bayan wrote a new blog post: The Winter of Everyone’s Discontent   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Ten days have passed since my last post, and I wanted to reassure my readers that I haven’t been struck down by swine flu or a runaway Mack truck. I’m alive and well. You haven’t heard from me for one plain reason: nothing is happening.
  Sure, the Winter Olympics are under way in Vancouver and its environs. A [...]

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