Obamacare | Beth Byrnes

Neither ruthful nor …

Posted on January 30, 2014 14 Comments

… veracious. After we listened to Obama’s SOTU, I forced myself to sit through one of the multifarious opposing “responses”. Geoffrey walked the dog, unable to stomach what followed. It was no response at all, of course. Clearly they write this flummery without acknowledging what the President actually said, even though I am fairly sure […]

Mental case

Posted on November 11, 2013 9 Comments

I read this article about the addition of mental health care to the ACA a couple of days ago and found it encouraging: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/us/politics/rules-to-require-equal-coverage-for-mental-ills.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131108 The piece itself was informative, indicating that the Affordable Care Act mandates treating mental illness on a par with physical illness. It is about time, in my opinion, and we should […]

Whose values?

Posted on October 14, 2013 29 Comments

This is Columbus Day. I just heard that there is a movement to change this holiday to Native American’s Day. Sounds like a good idea to me. That made me think about a couple of things going on right now. For one, one of our three parties is holding their annual “Values Voter Summit” this […]

CaliforniAmerica

Posted on October 10, 2013 5 Comments

After the lament I subjected you to yesterday, how about something short and sweet? California is thriving. Read this little article. I could not have said it better myself :-): http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/09/california-success-irks-right/ How is the Golden State succeeding now? Let me count the ways: Schools are getting more funding than they have in twenty years – […]

Doped and duped

Posted on October 9, 2013 20 Comments

Maybe a deal will be struck by the time this post goes ‘live’. Irrespective of what transpires (and I sure hope we will avert this debt ceiling disaster), what I am writing here still applies, as what underlies the latest fire drill has been brewing for decades. There is a pole shift taking place that […]