No matter where you stand politically, this fact is not subject to debate: when people have access to health care and medical services, they live longer, better and more productive lives. When it isn’t available or the cost is prohibitive, mortality rates are higher; people don’t live as long; and the quality of those lives, … Continue reading »
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Christopher Hitchens has died…
[Christopher Hitchens was and is one of my favorite writers of all time... I stand in awe of his courage as a thinker; his intolerance for hypocrisy; his willingness to challenge long-standing assumptions; his commitment to truth, logic, intellect; and perhaps most of all, his ability and unrelenting determination to speak truth to power. -- Jonathan … Continue reading »