Pearl River      Rural America, the story goes in political rhetoric, is deep red.  When it comes to a many issues that might mean “in the red” from studies we have done on the operation of rural electric cooperatives.  Thart’s not all of course, and maybe not even the worst problem.  When there’s a close look …

            New Orleans        Truth is stranger than fiction, but sometimes reality copies fantasy.  I couldn’t help thinking about this while reading the news of an assassination of a healthcare executive.  Unbelievably, the Brain Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of United Healthcare, the giant US-based health insurer was gunned down and killed.  This didn’t happen in …

New Orleans       In the United States, there’s a tendency to argue that we need a healthcare system that is better, and that’s the truth.  Our corporate system, both for-profit and pretend nonprofit, is too expensive with too many gaps for too many people.  Single payer systems like Canada’s or the vaunted National Health Service …