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Could You Be a Toxic friend? 5 Sure Signs

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

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If you're finding that you're having frequent conflicts, you have to consider whether there's something you are doing or saying that's sabotaging your own friendships.

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Don't Americans Deserve a Health Care System as Good as the One In France?

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: France, President Obama, Breaking News, French Health Care System, Republicans, Medicare Advantage, Health Insurance Executives, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

We spend $7,290 per person on health care and end up in 37th place. They spend only $3,601 and they are number one. That's just not right.

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Time to Get Real About the ACORN "Controversy"--and Republican Double Standards

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Aig, Mark Sanford, Acorn, John Ensign, Voter Registration, Boeing, Blackwater, Mickey Mouse, Breaking News, Citicorp, Community Organizing, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Haliburton, David Vitter, Politics News

The Right wing has always hated ACORN. Partially that's because the organization has been so effective at allowing poor people to vote. The Right hates it when poor people vote.

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Time to Just Say No to Giant Corporate "Parasites" -- and Recognize Them for What They Are

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, President Obama, Parasites, Public Option, Blackwater, Anti-Trust Laws, Health Care Reform, Breaking News, Banks, Private Military Security Contractors, Medicare Advantage, Health Insurance, Student Loan Programs, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

The corporate parasites are the loudest defenders of "free markets" and the most vociferous opponents of "government takeovers," when in fact they exist by feeding off the taxpayers.

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BFFs Until They Grew Apart

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Bff, Benign Neglect, Living News, Longevity, Relationships, Daily Mail, Best Friends Forever, Adele Parks, Dumped, Best Friend, Breaking Living News, Breaking News, Irene S. Levine, Living News

In Western culture, women are often judged by their ability to make and keep friends, so the demise of a friendship is experienced as a failure.

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Speed-Friending: Helping Busy Women to Connect

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Making Friends, National Women's Friendship Month, Breaking News, Relationships, GirlfriendCircles.Com, New Friends, Speed-Friending, Shasta Nelson, Living, Breaking Living News, Irene S. Levine, Living News

Sad but true: The large majority of female friendships come to an end. So women need to replenish their inventory from time to time.

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Wilson Is the Poster "Child" for the New Republican Party

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Wilson, Town Halls, Breaking News, Obama Health Care Speech, Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Reform, Joe Wilson Congress, Republicans, Politics News

The other night, Joe Wilson etched his political legacy into the wall of American history. He will forever be the poster child that symbolizes the new Republican Party.

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The Health Care Question Should Be About the Insurance Industry Stranglehold, Not a "Government Takeover"

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deny Care, Public Health Insurance Plan, Concentration of Health Care Insurance, Private Health Insurance Companies, President Obama, Public Option, Breaking News, Recsion, Pre-Existing Conditions, Ahip, Health Insurance Reform, Health Care, Politics News

The battle is on. Remind your Members of Congress that none of them took an oath to protect the profits of private insurance companies.

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Am I My Friend's Keeper?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Friend, The Friendship Doctor, Women, Living News, Toxic, Relationships, Needy, Overwhelmed, Advice, Breaking News, Irene S. Levine, Friendship, Neediness, Female, Living, Breaking Living News, Living News

Over the past six months I've been friends with a 25-year-old girl, and I'm a 37-year-old woman. She is where I used to be: bingeing, playing the victim role, can't find love, affection, or the attention she needs.

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Crossing Washington Square: A Chick Lit Author Hits Her Stride

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Joanne Rendell, author of Crossing Washington Square. This is intelligent chick lit, an engaging story beautifully told.

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Why Health Insurance Reform Will Pass This Fall -- It's the High Political Ground

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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You have to wonder if there shouldn't be a penalty for pundits who make self-assured predictions that are regularly wrong, and yet continue to be treated as if they know what they're talking about.

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Take That! Moms in Capes Bust Healthcare Myths Across the Nation

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Women, Obama Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Breaking Politics News, Moms, Health Care, Momsrising, Breaking News, Living News

SuperMoms dressed in red capes are distributing powerful truth flyers to passersby to educate them about what health care reform will really do and how it will help.

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The Uninsured Has a Black Face -- White Ambivalence Is Obama's Struggle

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Yale professor, John Dovidio, does not feel the ongoing protests, name calling and Hitler labels by white protesters are hate, but a fight by whites struggling to defend and maintain their position and status.

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Three Reasons Why a Strong Public Option is Likely to be Part of Health Insurance Reform

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Helath Insurance Plan, President Obama, Charles Grassley, Public Option, Democrats in Congress, Rate Regulation, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Republicans, Breaking News, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

A public option has none of the bureaucratic complexity of rate regulation and uses competitive forces to keep rates down. It is simple and elegant.

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"Death Panel" Scare Tactic May Backfire on Republicans

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, Tom Delay, Death Panels, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life Care, Hospice Care, Living Wills, Terry Schiavo, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

"Death panels" are made up out of whole cloth by people who specialize in generating fear to protect wealthy special interests -- in this case the health insurance industry.

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Why We Need to Declutter Our Friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

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Audit your friendships -- because having too many bad ones can prevent you from having good ones.

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Painful Teen Friendship: What's a Mom to Do?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Reader Q & A, Parent, Living News, Resilience, Mom, Best Friend, Hurt, Advice, Parenting Advice, Role, Breaking News, Communication, Teens, Preadolescents, Living News

Unless your teen's health or safety is at risk, resist the temptation to solve friendship problems for her.

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Fear, Anger, Hope and Inspiration Will Decide Health Care Battle

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Private Insurance Companies, Public Health Insurance Plan, Democratic Congress, President Obama, Public Option, Rush Limbaugh, Progressives, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Political Strategy, Health Insurance Reform, Health Care, Politics News

A strong public option is critically necessary to accomplish the administration's goals of controlling health care costs by competing with private insurance companies, driving down rates and keeping them honest.

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Summertime When the Friendships Comes Easy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

My conversation with Julie Kraut on her new book dealing with the nearly universal camper affliction: homesickness.

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If Congress Fails to Pass the Obama Health Care Plan

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking News, Health Care Reform, 1994 Elections, Clinton Health Care Plan, President Obama, Obama Health Care Plan, 2010 Elections, Democratic Moderates, Politics News

History shows that swing-district Democrats have the most to lose if Congress fails to pass President Obama's sweeping health care proposal.

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How Progressives Can Deliver on the Promise of Change in 2009 -- Seven Rules for Success

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, Speaker Pelosi, Regulatory Reform, The Progressive Revolution, Breaking News, Energy Independence, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, No Ordinary Time, Majority Leader Reid, Progressive Agenda, Stand Up Straight How Progressives Can Win, Politics News

The critical battles being fought in 2009 are not about "policies" -- they are about the distribution of wealth and power.

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Who is Kristan Cole? Sarah Palin's BFF

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bff, Living News, Female Friendship, The Alaska Trust Fund, Kristan Cole, Relationships, Sarah Palin Truth Squad, Facebook, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Breaking News, Bumpit, Politics News

These two could have easily drifted apart as their lives and career paths diverged, but for better or for worse, Sarah and Kristin remain BFFs.

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When Private Insurers Claim They Can't Compete Against a Public Health Insurance Option, They Just Make Themselves Look Silly

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Politics, Health Care Debate, Private Health Insurance, Public Health Insurance Option, President Obama, Breaking News, Politics News

The real problem for private insurance companies isn't that they can't compete with a public plan. It is that they can't compete and continue to do business they way they want to do business.

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Four Reasons Why Giving Consumers the Choice of a Public Health Insurance Plan Is Great Politics for Democrats

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Public Health Insurance Plan, Private Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Debate, President Obama, Medicare Part D, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Ama, Politics News

The private health insurance industry has begun to spin the narrative that offering consumers a choice of a public health insurance plan is never going to pass Congress. This narrative is flat wrong.

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