No, We Can't Trust the Government to tell us the truth, to be honest about research behind rules and recommendations, to mandate vaccines that are safe and necessary, to have our health records on a government database, to send government … [Read more...] about No, We Can’t Trust the Government — September 1999
Spending Our Social Security Surplus On War
President Clinton has had several good opportunities to stop his Yugoslav war: Jesse Jackson's successful mission to bring home our POWs, the embarrassing bombing of the Chinese embassy, and Milosevic's feeble overtures about withdrawal of his … [Read more...] about Spending Our Social Security Surplus On War
Power Grab Through Executive Orders — May 1999
Power Grab Through Executive Orders Not only does President Clinton not feel any shame about his impeachment (as he told Dan Rather), Clinton now feels stronger than ever, able to override the U.S. Constitution and ignore Congress. He has … [Read more...] about Power Grab Through Executive Orders — May 1999
Congress Must Deal With Executive Orders
Not only does President Clinton not feel any shame about his impeachment; as he told Dan Rather recently, Clinton now feels stronger than ever, able to ignore and override the U.S. Constitution by exercising extraordinary new powers that no President … [Read more...] about Congress Must Deal With Executive Orders
Who Controls Your Medical Records?
We had hoped that the 106th Congress would address the health care and HMO issue by giving more power to patients. Instead, the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property has scheduled a hearing this week on a bill to lay the groundwork … [Read more...] about Who Controls Your Medical Records?
Watch out for “Big Sister” as Well as “Big Brother”
Are the American people willing to allow government agents to come into their homes to "advise" them how to care for their babies? What if the announced purpose of these home visits is to look for child abuse under the assumption that all parents are … [Read more...] about Watch out for “Big Sister” as Well as “Big Brother”
Clinton’s Post-Impeachment Push for Power — March 1999
Clinton's Post-Impeachment Push for Power How Clinton Is Using Kosovo Bill Clinton is riding high since his "not guilty" verdict and, unfortunately, the Republican Congress is letting him get away with his foreign and domestic grabs for … [Read more...] about Clinton’s Post-Impeachment Push for Power — March 1999
Deception in Clinton’s State of the Union Speech
"There's one more right you should have. As more of our medical records are stored electronically, the threats to our privacy increase. . . . We will protect the privacy of medical records this year." Bill Clinton received big applause for that … [Read more...] about Deception in Clinton’s State of the Union Speech
Whatever Happened to Informed Medical Choice?
The New York Times has just given us a front-page report on how the pharmaceutical corporations spent $5.3 billion last year sending their representatives into doctors' offices and hospitals, with gifts and meals, to sweet-talk physicians into using … [Read more...] about Whatever Happened to Informed Medical Choice?
Clinton’s Power Grab Through Executive Orders
Faced with a Republican Congress unwilling to grant him all the powers he wants, Bill Clinton has unleashed a blizzard of Executive Orders to grab new authority for the executive branch, make broad public policy changes, and even restructure our … [Read more...] about Clinton’s Power Grab Through Executive Orders
