If you have been reading Alabama newspapers over the last ten years, you have read that Alabama is not a business friendly state – that is is “Tort Hell.” Various business and grass roots (their term, not mine) organizations have claimed that we need more tort reform to attract business. If that is the case, […]
Everyone agrees that healthcare is a big issue in this country. Everyone agrees that the cost for healthcare is getting out of hand. There is a bill being proposed to deal with the problem, but a lot of people are complaining. That’s good – we are a nation that believes in dissent. But if you […]
It was unfortunate that Sarah Palin and her compatriots would attempt to skew a humanitarian provision in the proposed healthcare bill into something sinister. The horrible reality, however, is that Death Panels aren’t the ghosts of healthcare’s future – they have been with us for years. No, they are not medical providers being asked to […]
My wife and I went to see the new documentary Food, Inc. last night at the Crescent Theater downtown. Wow! This film brings to light the growing problem with our food supply and its domination by a very few companies. There is a lot of information to process here, but the bottom line is that […]
