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Ideologues go too far
It seems there are two obstacles to President Barack Obama’s desire for comprehensive health care reform: the so-called public option and an unexpected fight over abortion rights.By Bonnie Erbe , December 12, 2009
Animals have feelings, too
The New York Times last week ran a story about a new trend: urbanites called to the wild by the urge to hunt and destroy deer, boar and other so-called wild game.By Bonnie Erbe , December 05, 2009
The downside of DNA testing
Ah the medical miracles that genetic-mapping and DNA testing produce. That does not mean the mapping of the genetic code is entirely a positive development. It has its downsides.By Bonnie Erbe , November 28, 2009
The other side of breast cancer
I understand the outrage over new federal guidelines suggesting a much more limited (and less expensive) approach to screening women for breast cancer. I just watched Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., explain to one of the cable news networks that she caught her own breast cancer at 41 and if she had followed the new guidelines she probably would not have caught her cancer and could have died from it by now.By Bonnie Erbe , November 21, 2009
A look at women and their spending
There used to be a water-cooler line the gist of which was that women had to work twice as hard as men to get half as far in the workplace. Peggy Lee sang the song, “I am a Woman” including the lyrics, “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan.”By Bonnie Erbe , September 19, 2009
Each side wrong
I have combed the now-infamous school speech President Obama delivered on Tuesday for comments that might be objectionable to conservatives.By Bonnie Erbe , September 12, 2009
Big families problem for environment
With great fanfare the infamous Duggar family this week announced (on the “Today” show, no less) the upcoming birth of a 19th child.By Bonnie Erbe , September 06, 2009
Self-dealing by Obama’s aides
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death will overshadow and push out of the headlines a very important story of which Americans should take note. A stationary nimbus of self-dealing hangs over one of President Obama’s key staffers, exposed this week by the Associated Press.By Bonnie Erbe , August 29, 2009
Vick not ready to be on the field
Why am I not surprised by the results of the following poll? A Marist poll released this month shows men are more likely than women to approve of the Philadelphia Eagles’ controversial decision to allow Michael Vick back into that exclusive club otherwise known as the National Football League.By Bonnie Erbe , August 22, 2009
Clinton's comment
The Fox News boys and other imitators of “fair and unbiased” media have had a field day with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’sBy Bonnie Erbe , August 15, 2009
Pop cluture fascinated with fat
A new rush of reality and comedy shows on cable TV this summer once again poses the question, is television’s acceptance of fat people good for America’s obesity epidemic, or is it driving the number of obese Americans higher?By Bonnie Erbe , August 01, 2009
Why jobs are so hard to find
The phrase, “jobless recovery” is gaining traction in Washington these days, as the stock market has turned decidedly bullish, home sales are no longer tanking, at least not at last year’s rates, corporate profits are materializing and yet the number of out of work Americans continues to rise.By Bonnie Erbe , July 25, 2009
Immigration, water shortage link
Water shortages, which used to be limited to the dry western states, now plagueBy Bonnie Erbe , July 18, 2009
GOP should back off on Sotomayor
Message to GOP: On Sotomayor, give it up. With Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings set to begin next week,By Bonnie Erbe , July 11, 2009
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