The Citizen's blog

It all started with coffee for veterans at CSU

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:19:30 -0500

By Shiraz Karaa

As the nation welcomes the return of veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who will take advantage of the expanded GI Bill education benefits, Clayton State University, among other post-secondary education institutions, will see and has seen an increasing number of soldiers who are pursuing higher education opportunities.

Columnist Morris turns to conspiracy theories about AARP

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:30:07 -0400

By Ken Mitchell

One of the hallmarks of the current healthcare reform debate has been the continuous stream of misinformation and misunderstandings about the various proposals – and organizations – in the discussion.

Nashville Writers Group to perform

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:13:25 -0400

North Fayette United Methodist Church will host The Nashville Writers Group in concert Saturday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m.

OPINION — A modest healthcare proposal

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:25:03 -0400

By SHELDON RICHMAN

Enough dithering! President Obama says it’s time to act on healthcare. I agree.

But act how? Are we really going to be happy with the pussy-footing proposals floating around Congress? All the so-called reformers want to do is tinker with insurance regulations. But how effective would that be, considering that the insurance companies themselves support the changes?

We have taken our eyes off the ball, people. Let’s get back to first principles. Obama’s premise is that we have a right to healthcare. A right.

Rationing: Healthcare facts are not distortion

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:29:50 -0400

By Robert M. Goldberg

When it comes to evaluating the claims of Democrats about rationing and how to deal with grandma, I am guided by that great philosopher, Marx. That’s Groucho, not Karl, who famously said, “Who do you believe, me or your eyes?”

Cowardly Donkeys need to find cowardly lion’s courage

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:54:56 -0400

By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.

I am dismayed that recent town halls across the country have been curtailed or canceled as spineless legislators refuse to face their constituents to hear average American citizens voice their fears and worries about what may be happening to their healthcare under the current “reform” proposals from Washington.

Healthcare reformers’ fatal conceit

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:43:32 -0400

By Sheldon Richman

It’s easy to get distracted by the details and crushing cost estimates of “healthcare reform” while losing sight of the key question: Can a handful of congressmen, most of whom probably have never even run a small business, design an entire market for medical services and insurance?

Detroit: The triumph of progressive public policy. Like what you see?

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:41:10 -0400

By Jarrett Skorup

[Editor’s note: This article first appeared through the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich.]

Icebergs and healthcare: Seek answers

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:40:26 -0400

By DAVID RAYNOR

In 1912, aiming for speed and ignoring iceberg warnings was a poor strategy for the Titanic. In 2009, aiming for universal health insurance and ignoring cost warnings is equally dangerous.

Obama ignores unchangeable laws

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:50:37 -0400

By Sheldon Richman

Barack Obama insists he does not want the government to run the medical system. He insists that he wants only to fix what’s broken while leaving what works intact.

ObamaCare bends the cost curve the wrong way

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:24:39 -0400

By REP. LYNN WESTMORELAND

Any national healthcare reform must focus on increasing efficiency so that more Americans can have access to affordable coverage.

Universal care? First, prove feds can care for 8 million veterans

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:14:11 -0400

By Ray Nothstine

Individuals and groups terrified of nationalized healthcare like to point to examples of government dysfunction, such as Medicaid, to stoke fears of what a government-managed plan would look like in the United States.

All aboard for Atlanta to Athens rail link

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:22:59 -0400

By KIMBERLY LEARNARD

As federal stimulus dollars find their way into Georgia, we should all keep a close eye on where the money goes. Take a look at www.recovery.gov and click on the map to see what Georgia is doing with a few billion dollars. Among other projects, roads get $932 million and public transportation gets $144 million.

Brooks is wrong: Liberty creates order

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:15:40 -0400

By Sheldon Richman

David Brooks, the New York Times’s resident neoconservative, delights in peddling a false alternative: freedom or social order.

U.S. faces Zimbabwe-like hyperinflation

Tue, 05 May 2009 15:56:45 -0400

By Dr. Jeffrey Herbener

The Bush administration subjected us to a deluge of fiscal and monetary expansion, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1960s.