Is conservatism curable?

In a brilliant article, Steven Jonas, Professor of Preventive Medicine at the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University (NY) Is Homophobia Curable?.  Don’t misread that. He’s asking is homoPHOBIA curable. This suggests another question: is conservatism curable?  For conservativism is clearly a moral disease of character, leading people to think it’s OK to: enrich the…

Violcence-lovers taking over some Occupy groups

The Occupy Wall Street facebook page http://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt1 seems to have been hijacked by violence-loving Black Bloc members (or by infiltrators pretending to be such). I often see postings glorifying violence: images of protesters breaking windows or fighting police, with captions like “USA, GET SOME GREEK SPIRIT!” (See this image, for example.) This is bad news…

Raising alarms about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): worse than NAFTA

America: A Fire Sale to Foreign Corporations The leaked document reveals that the trade agreement would give unprecedented political authority and legal protection to foreign corporations.  Specifically, TPP would (1) severely limit regulation of foreign corporations operating within U.S. boundaries, giving them greater rights than domestic firms, (2) extend incentives for U.S. firms to move …

Why Negative Political Attack Ads Work: 5 in 10 Americans Can’t Read, 8 in 10 Can’t Process

“Negative political ads work. A majority of Americans form political opinions from ads in their entertainment programming. 51% of the adult population of the United States is barely functionally literate. 94% have varying degrees of difficulty “synthesizing” complicated concepts.” Click here to read the article.

Physicians call for Medicare for All

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2012 Contacts:, James Squire, MD, PNHPWW President, 206-465-6340; David McLanahan, MD, PNHPWW Coordinator, 206-963-6534 COURT UPHOLDS “OBAMACARE,” BUT THOUSANDS OF UNINSURED WA RESIDENTS WILL STILL GO BANKRUPT, SUFFER AND DIE In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, Obama and Congress must act now to implement ‘an improved Medicare for all,’ physician…