The Complicated World of Prenatal Testing

I read an article recently where Rick Santorum decried having pre-natal testing being provided for free under the new health care law.  He contends that it just ends up in more abortions and lessening health care costs by “culling the ranks of the disabled in...

Saying What You Mean

I feel sorry for people running for office.  People are following you around with microphones and cameras all the time, hoping you will mis-speak or trip or do something they can get a story out of.  It’s a microscope that would make anyone look bad.    The...

All Politics are Local

This old chestnut is certainly true- All Politics are Local.  But the stage upon which they are staged and played keeps growing. The local politicians, school board presidents, township supervisors, police- all of these folks do more, every day, to influence the...

Into the Fray

The current political season is driving me crazy. I have, for some time, joked that all candidates for public office should have to do two things : 1) Take the current SAT test and publish their scores, and 2) Take a basic civics test, like the one all immigrants...

Counting Sins or Blessings

One of the most important lessons I’ve ever learned in blame rarely solves any argument. Instead, the process should concentrate on solving the underlying problem, not so much the feelings associated with it. When you solve the underlying problem, often it...