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This Week In "Insurance Company Rules"

After the Health Care for America Now coalition unveiled it's brilliant "Insurance Company Rules" video (below) -- elegantly depicting how insurance companies regularly try to make up rules as they go along to deny people coverage and benefits -- I decided to start a...

Proof We Can Go Green. Now.

The Dell computer company just announced a milestone. It is now a carbon-neutral business. And by powering itself with clean energy, Dell is saving money. The Wall Street Journal blog Environmental Capital reports: Dell’s reliance on greater energy efficiency and...

When You Don't Have Facts On Your Side, Make Some Up!

Conservatives are trying very hard to sustain their coastal drilling propaganda campaign, which is difficult when you have no facts to sustain your case. They have to stay one step ahead of the fact-checkers, which means regularly concocting new lies that make...

Why We Don't Shoot Back

Drew Westen and Mike Lux both have cogent and persuasive posts up that deftly explain — and raise the alarm about — the timidity that's recently settled into Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Sen. John McCain's shooting live rounds now; and, as usual, the...

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