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Lying and Truth-telling in the Health Care Debate
By
Paul Raushenbush
Jim Wallis wrote a great piece in Huffingtonpost on the latest lying by the religous and non- religious right in regards to health care reform: I have said that one important moral principle for the health care debate is truth-telling. For decades, the physical health and well-being of our country has been a proxy battle…
Support a Public Option for Health Care
By
Paul Raushenbush
The time to fight for a public option healthcare program is now. As reported on the Huffington Post, the Senate finance committee has offered a bi-partisan proposal that would drop the public option for health care: These officials said participants were on track to exclude a requirement many congressional Democrats seek for large businesses to…
Health Care and the Republican’s Waterloo
By
Paul Raushenbush
Republicans called heath care reform Obama’s Waterloo but it is their own downfall they should be wary of. On a conference call with the same conservative group that brought us the lame tea bagging on tax day, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint said: “If we’re able to stop Obama on this it will be his Waterloo.…
47 National Religious Leaders (Christian, Jewish and Muslim) Call for Urgent Priority to Health Care Reform–and why I signed
By
Michael Lerner
Explanatory Note from Rabbi Lerner: Why I Signed This Very Weak Statement On the one hand, I wanted the Network of Spiritual Progressives to be included in a list of some of the most important religious forces in the U.S. I was honored that we had been invited to be among them. On the…
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