Governor Schwarzenegger and State Assembly leader Fabian Nunez have hailed their new compromise health care proposal as "historic" and "courageous." It will show the light to the rest of the country. Unfortunately, it will do anything but. It is a blueprint how to fail to reform health care.

Though...

I was in Israel during the terrible October fires back home in L.A., and in North Carolina the week after, and in both places, my friends and family demanded to know why we continue to allow "the rich people in Malibu" to live in places where fires are inevitable. Never...

On December 31, 2006, the health insurance I purchase through a group of freelance artists and writers cost me $4715/year. On January 1, it jumped to $12,268. That's $1.40 per hour. I watch a Dodgers game, and I'm down $3.50 by the 7th inning. I go to sleep, and I've...