Health Care Essay

I promised Jonathan, when I submitted my US Politics assignment on health care, that if I got an HD, I’ll post it on here.  Well, I didn’t get an HD, but I did get a prize, so, y’know, close enough.  Here’s a little taste:

The summer of 2009 seemed long for both the Obama administration and the [...]

Check it out…

So I’ve just started blogging for the US Studies Centre in what will most likely be a regular gig. Head on over and check out my first post, on Gender Issues in Health Reform and the Shriver Report.  It’ll take us a while to move in, but once it’s all settled, I’ll link y’all to the [...]

Riding the Wave

I totally owe my little brother.  Thanks to him, last Friday, I got my hands on geek gold: a Google Wave invite.

Five days in, I’m hooked.  It’s an amazing platform.  One of the things that strikes me, after playing around on it for a while, is how difficult it is to describe.  My strong suspicion is [...]

On life systems

I live in an apartment, with a flatmate.  About ten or so months ago now, she converted to a particular fringe religion. Which fringe religion is really irrelevant (plus, I’m a tiny bit scared of them), so I’m not going to mention it.

Anyway, over the six months she told me she’d started to follow this system [...]

Obama deserves it… truly

The crowd in Tiergarten Park, Berlin, gathered to hear Barack Obama speak during the 2008 campaign.

So I hopped in the lift today at work, hours before Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize, and there was a news story on the little screen.  It told of how the Dalai Lama didn’t mind that Obama was avoiding [...]