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Health Care Reform: Progress or Politics? - 2/5/2010 7:00:00 AM
Last week, President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address, renewing his call for Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform:
By the time I’m finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber.
Haiti's Un-Natural Disaster - 1/25/2010 7:00:00 AM
Rebuilding Broken Trust in Communities - 1/8/2010 7:00:00 AM
When a crime is committed, the mistrust and broken faith that follow are all-encompassing, often affecting the entire community where the crime occurs.
Re-thinking Aid to Columbia - 12/18/2009 7:00:00 AM
For the past nine years, the U.S. relationship with Colombia has reflected strong-armed thinking. Since 2000, the United States has given more than $6 billion in aid, with more than $5 billion in military and police support efforts to fight drug trafficking and paramilitary groups.
On the Origin of the Torch - 12/11/2009 7:00:00 AM
In three months my country will host the Winter Olympic Games. Vancouver and Whistler are incredibly beautiful places and that, like everywhere else on the planet, has its dark side (See here and here and here). The beauty and problems of a city are magnified the moment it is awarded the right to go into debt to schmooze the world.
No Silver Bullet to End the LRA - 12/4/2009 7:00:00 AM
While the Obama administration is preoccupied with deliberations over Afghanistan, the Senate has recently focused some attention on east Africa. The Northern Uganda Recovery and Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament Act of 2009 (S.1067) was reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on November 17. This bill authorizes substantial funding for long term reconstruction efforts and transitional justice mechanisms.
Let Love Be Genuine - 11/20/2009 7:00:00 AM
Iraqis are amazingly generous hosts who truly “do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers.” (Hebrews 13:2). But they are also keen observers, assessing the character of their guests very quickly.
Forgive Us Our Debts - 11/6/2009 7:00:00 AM
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Melodie Davis, staff writer and producer for Third Way Media, is married and the mother of three children. She is the author of Why Didn't I Just Raise Radishes? and seven other books. Her column, "Another Way", also appears in newspapers in the U.S. and Canada syndicated by Globe Syndicate.
