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American Reality
http://www.americanreality.wordpress.com
Basically, I write about anything interesting that I read about online. Most of my content is political, but as the baseball season gets going I'll be writing more about my favorite game as well.
Recent Posts
Now is not the Time to Kill Health Care Reform
Readers of this blog know that my views on health care reform are very progressive. But, in a nod to the political landscape of the day, I was willing to seriously consider the plan floated by Harry Reid to allow people between the ages of 55 and 64 ...
Medicaid Should Cover Antismoking treatments
As a person who was raised in Massachusetts I am really proud that my home state has become the new capital of progressive reform. Today, we have even more evidence of just how Massachusetts is leading the nation. In 2006, as a part of its landmark ...
Obama Chooses Drug Companies Over the American Public
As a candidate for President Barack Obama loudly supported giving consumers the right to buy cheaper prescription drugs imported from foreign countries. As a president who cares more about getting a bill to sign than the bill’s impact on the Americ...
Australia’s Planned Internet Filter is a bad Idea
The government of Australia has announced plans to install an Internet filter to block websites the government deems to be obscene or linked to crime. According to the government the filter will be used to protect children from child porn, bestiality...
The Joe Lieberman Insurance Company Welfare Act
Earlier this year I wrote that Senator Olympia Snowe was the de facto president, because of the unbelievable influence she had over all major pieces of legislation. And while Senator Snowe’s power is totally overstated given her role in the Senate ...
Guantanamo Prisoners are Coming to America
We have been expecting this announcement for more than a month, but still I am glad the administration has finally decided to transfer some detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a nearly vacant prison in Illinois. Closing the controversial facility in Cub...

