I received the following story in an email. Normally, I don’t republish such emails, however, this is different. I know the person who forwarded this to me, and that person knows the person who wrote it. For reason which will become obvious, the only edit I have made is to delete the names of the [...]

There probably aren’t many people who have had the distinctive experience of having had brain surgery. I happen, through no fault of my own, to be one of those people. So I’m more than intrigued by what Obama has planned for me and all other Americans. The kind of plan that has been proposed is [...]

Randy Stroup has an 80 year old mother and five grandchildren. He has prostate cancer and needed chemotherapy treatment. He applied to Oregon’s government run health insurance program. Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup’s request with a letter saying the state would not cover [...]