Private plans offer no “advantage” over Medicare
We are once again in the annual Medicare enrollment period, when those of us on the government-funded, single-payer plan known […]
Letters
The architects of where we are
You see their faces everywhere, proclaiming how broken the Republican Party is now. What you don’t see is them realizing […]
Mike Day, for the 13th time
On this day 13 years ago, the world lost a fabulous jackass, and I lost my precious son. I’ve told […]
Bringing my son home to die
It was 13 years ago today. Thirteen years ago today, I was at my son’s apartment in Cary, getting ready […]
A note to the president
Dear President Biden: You spoke my heart last night as you honored the half million souls lost to COVID-19 in […]
The day my joy ended
This was the day I knew I’d never be joy-filled again, that every happiness I might manage to experience was […]
Still waiting for health care
Today marks 13 years since my son called me to say he was feeling better because the doctor found and […]
Deliberate destruction leaves people with nothing
A few days ago, during the coldest week of the winter so far, in the middle of a deadly pandemic, […]
Accountability needs to come before unity
Reporting by the New York Times yesterday and AXIOS today makes it pretty clear that the former president was deeply […]
It’s a trap
All of a sudden, I’m seeing a ton of ads for stock trading on my Facebook feed. And as soon […]