Washington The newly named Campaign for America’s Future, which bills itself as an annual meeting for progressives, opened in DC yesterday. I’ve attended several of these meetings in the past, and an undercurrent of the session seemed to me to indicate that progressives are disoriented and confused. Robert Borsage in his opening remarks seemed to …
Charity Care Mandate
Washington Sometimes there is just no shame, when there should at least be silence. The medical establishment represented by the American Hospital Association indicated that it is going to fight aggressively against a requirement that non-profit hospitals provide a set and accountable level of charity care as part of the new health care legislative reform. …
Marsh before Hurricane Season
Slidell My son and I are hardly scientists, but we know something about the marsh and bayous between Lake Pontchartrain and the West Pearl River. Until Katrina we had a fishing camp on two acres a mile or so as a crow would fly from the Lake. Now we have two acres of mainly marsh …