New Orleans For more than 30 years I’ve taken some vacation days at the end of the year so I could spent time with my children and family, sort of a sorry payback or smart pay forward, as they say now, for a life with lots of travel. We revive with a couple of days …
Month: December 2013
The Moral Dimensions of Price Protections for Drugs and Basic Necessities
New Orleans It’s painful to read the papers about tens of thousands being denied life-saving cancer drugs solely because of costs and various trade protections that put profits ahead of people, as so many prepare to die rather than either be a burden to their families or fight for some more justice. Reading about the …
Why Deny the Poor Access to Telephone Service and the Internet?
Ocean Springs We can say with confidence and without fear of correction that the coming year will see yet more full scale battles in the war against the poor. Anyone can make that list. Certainly it starts with the headliners right now as extended unemployment benefits are being terminated, food stamps are still on the chopping …