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Health Care Reform and The Awesome Power of Techno-Confusion

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Dr. Peggy Drexler

Information technology has added rocket fuel to the engine of democracy. Will it power us forward or keep us spinning wildly in one spot?

10 "Simple" Steps to Health Care Reform

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Francine Hardaway

Here are ten simple things we can do to reform health care.

"We Need Help!": The Health Care Clip Every American Should Watch

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeffrey Feldman

As the battle heats up to pass meaningful health care reform with a robust public option, a video has emerged that captures the raw emotions of Americans suffering under the cruelty of the current system.

Dem Rep. Marshall: I Haven't Read the Health Care Bill And I Won't Vote For It

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Terry Humphrey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Terry Humphrey reported from Warner Robbins, Georgia, as part of HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Town Hall Watch. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) held his second t...

Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Matt Osborne

The first-term congressman later spoke of closing off the Mexican border. Over the course of the town hall, he made a series of such spurious statements, each time winning the audience's agreement.

Dem Rep. Marshall: I Haven't Read the Health Care Bill, But I Won't Vote For It.

Terry Humphrey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Terry Humphrey

Marshall said that he hadn't read H.R. 3200 because he knew it didn't meet his criteria for health care reform and therefore he wasn't going waste his time.

Eyeing A Comeback, Former Rep. Walberg Holds Health Care Town Halls

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Savage

Although he holds no public office whatsoever, Walberg has been holding health care town hall meetings as he gets ready for a rematch in 2010 against Rep. Schauer.

The Last Shall Be First: Kennedy and Health Care Reform

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Miles J. Zaremski

For all of us who have survived Kennedy, we must take up the gauntlet. We must ensure that the "never say never" attitude that was his signature on health care reform, does not wither on the vine.

McCain's Care Restores Health to Sickly Town Halls...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Phil Bronstein

John McCain is a guy who's not only on (his) message, unlike the eloquent and seemingly unprepared-for-this-battle Obama administration, but keeps his town hall audience there with him.

Two Ways To Be A Part Of The Health Reform Debate

Morgan Jindrich | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Morgan Jindrich

You can make a real difference right now by attending a town hall meeting (there are hundreds across the country) or by writing a letter to your local paper and setting the record straight.

Ryan Grim

Mike Enzi, Gang Of Six Republican, Admits He's Simply Blocking Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Mike Enzi, one of three Republicans ostensibly negotiating health care reform as part of the Senate's "Gang of Six," told a Wyoming town hall crowd th...

The Wizards of "No"

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Carl Pope

The American people have not consented to the continued control of our lives, environment, and economy that is currently enjoyed by the coal and oil industries.

Democracy in the Mirror of Afghanistan

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Gary Hart

The U.S. has an enormous military, political, and economic presence in Afghanistan, trying to bring Afghans the kind of government against which Americans have been screaming in so-called towns meetings.

The Tyranny of the Tantrum

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Terrance Heath

What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."

Obama's Secret Cash for Grandma Plan

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Meathead

Nothing that my senator and his commie cronies can tell me will make me believe that the government bureaucrats can run health care better than the insurance company bureaucrats.

August Madness: Politics, Money and Discontent

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michelle Kraus

Somehow we are locked into the drama of health insurance reform while so many moving parts are ignored. How did we get here? And more importantly, how do we change the conversation?

What the Hell Is a Jobless "Recovery?"

Daniel Denvir | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Daniel Denvir

The government, media and establishment economists are measuring recovery by the GDP and stock prices, the same measures used to qualify our previous bubbles as reflecting real economic well-being.

My Dog Just Watered Your "Tree of Liberty"

Michael Seitzman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Seitzman

It's time for all of us to stop trying to get the opposition to realize how wrong they are and how right we are. Stop trying to apply reason to the profoundly unreasonable. Enough is enough.

Firing Squads and Death Panels

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
B. Jeffrey Madoff

My grandmother was one of the first people a pacemaker was used on. A lot of very sincere people believe that if Obama's health care reform bill passes, old people will essentially be facing death panels and denied care.

On 'Town Halls' and Health Care Reform: Wasn't Hitler the One With the Gun?

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tanya M. Acker

Waving swastikas and brandishing weapons does not a "guardian of liberty" make.

New Protest Signs at Town Hall Rallies

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robbie Gennet

If you haven't seen them, some clever folks started showing up at these town hall protests with faux signs that make light of these Fox-fed people ranting and raving about Nazis and whatnot.

Lessons in Leadership: Why Obama Needs to Brush Up on His FDR

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Arianna Huffington

The president, though a dedicated student of history, has failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations.

Health Care Protesters: "I'm All Right, Jack"

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tom Sullivan

There is no "we" in the protester's view, no welcome for your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of fellow Americans, much less immigrants. There is only my family, my friends, my neighborhood, my church and my ethnic group,

Mark Kirk To Host Health Care Townhall

Daily Herald | Russell Lissau | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

As the battle over President Obama's health care reform plan continues to roil, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk today will hold the Northwest suburbs' first town ...

The Modesty of Hope

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Hoyt Hilsman

Since the dawn of the Industrial Age, and even before, there has been a deep strain of exceptionalism in the American character.