Election Day 2010. I think of a piece of graffiti from the 1970's encapsulates it: "America is like the biggest department store in the world, but th...

From the latest news, you'd think America has turned the corner and is on the road to recovery. Far from it. There are major, structural deficiencies in our system that point in very negative directions.

These are interesting and difficult times for all Americans, though the predicament of our Republican brothers and sisters bears special reflection.

We owe it to ourselves to consider Congressman Roe's Healthcare Reform Bill memo, as our important concern, without reference to our biases, should be the message itself, not the messenger.

When President Obama gave his speech on health care, he spoke as though the phrase personal responsibility did not exist.

Everyone knows that you cannot cure a sick anything -- patient or system - without a correct diagnosis. What is the diagnosis for sick, "broken" healthcare?

Do we have the right to make ourselves unhealthy? I would answer, Yes! That is part of being free.

Washington is guilty of management malpractice. Simply throwing more money into the waste of the middle will not fix health care.

What to ask our Representatives at town hall meeting, and in letters or emails.

We need an extended, all-media national dialogue, not violent, partisan town hall meetings in response to a Plan devised behind closed doors.