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Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The group Organizing for America is headquartered only two blocks from the Capitol, but when horse-trading over healthcare legislation intensified there this week, Barack Obama's grass-roots advocacy operation turned its attention away from Washington. [Last weekend], the group recruited thousands of its volunteer members to gather in farmers' markets, rehab clinics, parks, and libraries nationwide...
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The Short Gut News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
We managed some beach time and a great trip to the Magic Kingdom. Gus had a very exciting time while we were gone, but more on that later. Thanks to the good folks at JetBlue we got in to Boston early last night and got home around 10 last night. A very successful first adventure in the world of air travel. We have new respect for the good folks who fly with their kids to get Omegaven. On the last...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
California lawmakers have little to celebrate this Fourth of July as talks continue on the state's ballooning deficit. Little progress was reported Saturday and lawmakers aren't expected to meet until Monday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers are trying to bridge a $26 billion shortfall to prevent a fiscal meltdown from getting worse. Earlier this week, the state began issuing IOUs and state...
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UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | yesterday
TAMPERING with our water is a dangerous precedent. But human behaviour is such that it will not be trampled upon. Water is the staff of life and we hold the right to protect it from dangerous chemicals. If we, the majority of Southampton people, are against this particular element being put into our water then we MUST be respected. J Moorby via email THE SHA is obviously involved in people's health....
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UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Studies have linked water fluoridation with a number of serious conditions, including osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer that strikes mostly young boys and the type that killed Canadian icon Terry Fox. (Sandra Shields/The Epoch Times) Decades on, Water Fluoridation Still Controversial By Joan DelaneyEpoch Times Staff The debate on whether fluoride in drinking water is poison or panacea started about...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry is a great book on Canada’s flawed aboriginal politics, marred only by a flurry of anti-capitalist rhetoric By Peter Foster M any Canada Day celebrations this year were marked by performances of traditional aboriginal drumming and dancing. Such displays — while an undeniable part of Canada’s heritage — increasingly invoke uneasiness. That’s...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will host a conference call with reporters and leaders from community organizations to announce the availability of new resources for organizations that work to ensure
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Students at Eberhart Elementary School exercise; AP Photo/M. Spencer Green In another round of Great News!, it turns out kids in Illinois are getting fatter. In a study just released, based on 2007 data from the National Survey of Children's Health, Illinois children rank fourth in the United States in terms of being overweight or obese with 20.7 percent of the children tipping the scales. "This...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Statement from Texas Medical Association President William H. Fleming III, MD, in response to today's press conference by Sen. Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) and Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston). Senator Shapleigh and Representative Coleman called on Governor Rick Perry to add legislation that would expand the Children's Health Insurance Program in the special session. "Texas physicians applaud Sen....
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
One in three Illinois children is overweight or obese, according to a new report that puts the state on an unenviable Top 10 list. Illinois ranks 10th in the country for percentage of children ages 10-17 who are too heavy, according to a report released today by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The news on childhood obesity specifically is even worse. With 20.7...
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American Power (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
I got the tip on this piece from James at The Real World . It turns out that Hav-a-Tampa cigars, a Florida-based unit of Altadis USA, is going out of business . Demand for cigars has declined amid the economic downturn, but aggressive regulations and taxes drove the final decision to close the business: Several things conspired to hurt Altadis' sales ... including the recession and the growth of indoor...
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TTC News Archives (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Toll road measure in limbo 7/2/09 Associated Press Copyright 2009 The House sponsor of a measure that would allow the state to continue contracting for privately built toll roads said Wednesday he is not sure the bill can pass before Friday. State leaders have said they want to keep the special legislative session short and hope to finish their business by Friday. But one of a trio of bills that Gov....
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The Short Gut News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Greetings from the washed out Oley conference in soggy St. Petersburg, FL. Our first sir travel experience was flawless and the research that Abby did doe a work proved to be spot on for air travel with TPN. A good TSA guy is rare but worth their weight in gold expeciallt at 5AM. JetBlue. Cable is magic. The story of the week is rain. Lots of it. Like near record, Led Zeppelin 'When the Levee Breaks'...
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D-Day (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
According to Mike Genest, the Governor's Director of Finance, the $24.3 billion dollar problem expanded by $2 billion dollars last night. He's not taking into account the interest on IOUs, of course, or the expanded borrowing costs. But he's factoring in the education spending that now cannot be cut below a certain level because of "maintenance of effort laws." Genest said that higher education...
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Eye on Williamson (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
House Democratic Leader Jim Dunnam pointed out that there’s no need to extend CDA’s in Texas. He also emphasized the misplaced priorities of putting corporate toll roads ahead of children’s health insurance, A few fireworks in transportation committee meeting. Rep. Jim Dunnam just hit the roof in a House Transportation Committee hearing on extending “comprehensive development...
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