Health Care - Texas Outlaw Writers

The Way We Were

For the first half of the 20th century, summers were not carefree for children or adults. Swimming pools were often shuttered, playgrounds empty and quiet, and parental dread informed every decision about their children’s activities. The polio virus invisibly stalked the world...

Trump

Onward Into the Past

They're taking us backward. How far can they go?

Immigration

We've Come Undone

How expensive is our xenophobia? The annual cost of detaining a single immigrant is $58,000, which could provide a year of Medicaid for three adults, a year of SNAP food benefits for 12 individuals, or fund multiple visits to emergency rooms at public hospitals.

personal stories

My Mother, The Ghost

"Where are the kids, the ones that were here a minute ago?" My mother, in the throes of dementia, was looking for my sister and me as children. Dementia is a brutal disease.

Economy

What the Hell is Happening in America?

The CEO's killer is a symptom of a larger cultural disease in the U.S. Millions of people have reached their limit of tolerance with corporate malfeasance and greed, the rich getting richer, the poor becoming poorer, and losing even the slightest influence they possess over their own economic fates.

Health Care

Torches, Pitchforks, and Bullets

There haven't been a lot of expressions of sympathy for the murder victim on social media. - from either the left or the right. What irony if the mob-style hit of an exec of a insurance corporation that is widely seen as predatory is the act that brings the nation together.

Health Care

When the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is your Speaker*

Yeah, Mike Johnson looks mild-mannered now, but wait until he steps into a phone booth.

Health Care

America's Sweetheart Needs a Handout

Getting perfect 10s on the floor exercise and vault to win the individual all-around gold medal in the Olympics doesn't count for much when you roll into the hospital emergency room, unable to catch your breath.

Health Care

Bad News is Bad News for Your Mind and Body - Laugh it Off

From the Mayo Clinic to Harvard and institutions around the world, the study of laughter’s impact on human health is documented. The results are the same; laughter heals mind and body.

national politics

Political Chutzpah on Steroids

What is the obsession with Social Security? The GOP has fumed about it since Franklin Roosevelt proposed it and got it passed in 1935. The decades-long drumbeat of these programs being “socialist” has convinced too many voters to feel, “screw grandma, we have principles to uphold.”

national politics

Called to the Colors: Betrayal of the American Veteran

Our culture has become very skilled at ginning up false causes for invasions and wasting the honor and patriotism of our young on lies. Young recruits believe their government and the political leaders sending them into conflict, and that, sadly, is their mistake.

Texas Politics

Can Greg Abbott Get Past November 8th?

"Every morning this summer, Greg and Cecilia Abbott arise early and give thanks to God for the blessing of a new day. Then they... pray to whatever dark spirits that the electricity grid will hold for justonemorefuckingdaypleaseGod..."

Abortion

A Failed Court

Plain Talk: It is Not Possible to Respect Women and Support Forced Pregnancies Forgive my angry rant, but I think it’s time for angry rants…

Technology

Infobesity: Yep. It’s Time to Unplug... for Your Health

Information overload, infoxication, information anxiety, or information explosion: no matter what you call it, it’s about a lack of balance. I thought I had it under control, but I had to take an honest look at my new habits...

Health Care

Doc, It Hurts When I Do This. Well, Don't Do That. That'll Be $200.

Is health care a national right, like education, police and fire protection? Should life and death depend on income? Why are we so bad at this?

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