Archives By Author: Del Meyer
The II-liberal Disconnect
Dr. Rosen: There seems to be a battle between Liberals who now call themselves Progressives and the Conservatives. What is the difference? The Liberals have usurped the term “liberal” which formerly meant having an open mind to view and discuss any option to arrive at the best opinion. The Libertarian Party continues to attempt this […]
The Myth of Socialized Medicine
We have been bombarded in this presidential campaign about the greatness of “the common good” that socialized medicine may bring. We have been appalled that this discussion in this campaign could even occur for us who have had American History and our march to freedom. We have won a revolutionary war to establish this freedom […]
Society’s Gluttonous Excesses with Socialism: Detroit
Frosty Wooldridge penned an opinion piece about the decline of Detroit. CORRECTLY ATTRIBUTED per Snopes.com HOW IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULURALISM DESTROYED DETROIT By Frosty Wooldridge | October 5, 2009 | NewsWithViews.com For 15 years, from the mid-1970s to 1990, I worked in Detroit, Michigan. I watched it descend into the abyss of crime, debauchery, gun play, drugs, […]
Obamacare is experiencing a death spiral to total collapse
Health Economists on the Left and Right are Predicting an Obamacare Death Spiral DALLAS, TX, AUGUST 26, 2016 – Princeton University health economist, Uwe Reinhardt, is generally viewed as a friend and supporter of the Obama administration’s efforts to reform the health care system. But now he tells Vox.com that the health insurance exchanges have […]
Canadian health-care fix—innovation, not more money
Fraser Institute Forum — September 15, 2016 Researchers have long noted that while Canada ranks among the most expensive universal health-care systems in the developed world, it has fewer medical resources (physicians, beds, diagnostic scanners) on average, a mixed track record on outcomes, and some of the longest wait times for medically necessary treatment. These […]
Kaiser Permanente announced it will open its own medical school
Kaiser Permanente today announced it will open its own medical school in Pasadena. The school will be within several miles of other Kaiser facilities, where students will be trained. Kaiser initially announced plans to open a medical school in December, but at that time it was unclear where the school would be located.
Bigot-Baiting
The Public Square by R. R. Reno, Editor First Things: America’s Most Influential Journal Of Religion And Public Life August 2016 I can’t imagine a policy more irrelevant to the problems facing our society than bathroom privileges for transgender students. The bottom half of American society is collapsing. Voters are revolting against establishment candidates, casting doubt […]
Let There Be Love
By Kwame Kwei-Armah April 2015, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco Let There Be Love is an intimate and interesting family drama by Kwame Kwei-Armah, one of Britain’s most distinguished contemporary playwrights. Alfred, a cantankerous and aging West Indian immigrant living in London, has managed to alienate all those around him—including his equally headstrong lesbian daughter, with […]
The American Conservatory Theatre: Dead Metaphor
A.C.T. Presents the World Premiere of George F. Walker’s Hilarious Political Comedy Dead Metaphor February 28 to March 24, 2013 Directed by Irene Lewis, this dark comedy–from one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights–satirizes the hypocrisies and politics of postwar living A soldier returns from the Middle East to find work in this audacious and hilarious […]
Love In The Time Of Algorithms
Online dating is awash with deviance. There are perverts, scammers and misanthropic entrepreneurs all hellbent on profiting from loneliness. But then there are women like Laura Brashier, a 37-year-old hairdresser from California and a survivor of cervical cancer. Her treatment left Ms Brashier unable to have sex. Rather than endure the anxiety of conventional dating […]