Does Health Reform make sense?
Richard Kelly asks what should we do about the new Health Care Law? Accept the Law as currently written? Tweak it to improve it? Repeal it? If repealed, with what do we replace it?
From the Halls of Montezuma . . .
We still find ourselves in 2011, as we did in 1847, threatened by events in Mexico. That battle was a decisive United States combined military victory. Can we ever achieve victory over criminals threatening our borders?
The Kindness of Strangers
One thing Chi Newman knows for sure is that people are people and there is love and understanding in all of us no matter where in the world we live...
Robert Culp, R.I.P.
Robert Culp may have faded from the memory of movie and TV watchers. But not mine. His small act of kindness one evening 42 years ago has never been forgotten...
A letter to the President
Voters who have supported you all this time, wonder if you are also in the pockets of the big insurance cartel. If you are not, why won’t you speak up – loud and clear?
Chi Newman’s Kitchen Talk
There is never a Chinese dish that is all white or all dark. There are always contrasting colors and textures in keeping with their philosophy of balance and opposites.
Notes on the News
Does Health Reform make sense?
The 2010 Health Care Reform Law Does it Make Sense for America? Before passage...
A letter to the President
Dear President Obama, I voted for you in November, 2008. I don’t apologize for...
Beware: Bank Credit Cards – 2
In a reply to my earlier post, reader Hal Osterbann writes: “Your article appears...
Beware: Bank Credit Cards
If you have credit cards or other consumer loans at the same bank that you also have...
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The Kindness of Strangers
Who says the world isn’t a friendly place? Having lived in thirteen countries on five continents,...
Robert Culp, R.I.P.
Actor Robert Culp died of a heart attack outside his home in Los Angeles last Wednesday. Culp...
Mr. Phillips’ Warning – Redux
Last September I wrote an article about my high school Journalism teacher, Mr. Robert Phillips....
Why we’ve been so quiet
We’re not in jail and we’re not hiding out from the IRS. We haven’t joined Al-Qaeda....
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From the Halls of Montezuma . . .
In the Marine Hymn, the phrase “From the Halls of Montezuma…” refers to the Battle of Chapultepec, a fierce engagement between Mexican and American armies during the Mexican-American War in 1847. When that battle ended, the United States had won a decisive military victory over General Santa Anna’s Mexican army that was holding... [Read more of this article...]
Iceland – A magical place
Are you ready to live through winter-like conditions next summer? Then you might want to watch a tiny island country for the foreseeable future. It’s Iceland, a special place for many reasons, and well worth your time getting to know it better. Why should you be concerned with a small volcano on a tiny island nation so far away? Because sometime... [Read more of this article...]
Diabetes Cure Discovered!
Fact: A cure has been found for Type 2 Diabetes and it’s available now to every American. It’s also very inexpensive. The problem is that very few people will take advantage of The Cure in spite of the fact that it has been known for decades, requires no direct intervention by a doctor, no insulin pumps or blood sugar tests. The Cure would... [Read more of this article...]
Chi Newman’s Kitchen Talk
Editor’s Note: Chi Newman is a frequent contributor to Just One Opinion. She is our expert on all things Asian, especially Chinese food and culture, because she was born and raised there. Chi wrote this article for her own website at Chi-Newman.com and offered to let us publish it here. I bet you’ll have a craving for Chinese food that... [Read more of this article...]
Republican Party: Conservative or Corporate?
Quite by accident, I happened to catch the tail end of a documentary about the Tom DeLay political scandals from 2005 on one of the local cable channels. I figured the movie was probably being shown now because of DeLay’s appearance on the finale of “Dancing with the Stars.” He was a contestant on the program for several weeks, but... [Read more of this article...]
Bob and Claire sample Chinese health care
Bob and Claire Rogers had a little accident yesterday and had to spend a few hours in a local hospital. I’ll let you take a jaunt over to their site to read their story for yourself, but their account of the incident is quite an eye opener for those of us who might have any questions about the humanity, hospitality, or professionalism of our... [Read more of this article...]
Jack LaLanne turns I guess I must have been about eight years old, watching this muscle man doing exercises on TV. Push ups, sit ups, running in place, and jumping jacks -- all exercises that I would be doing a few years later during physical education classes in junior and senior high school. He seemed to be able to do them forever, never running out of breath, never... [Read more of this article...]
What We Know About the Bible that Ain’t So – 3
This is the third and last post related to what is known by most Christians about the Bible that ain’t so. While much of this information is reported in Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus, the following facts have been well known to well-informed, objective Bible scholars for almost two hundred years: We do not have the original writings of the New... [Read more of this article...]
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