Il 26 dicembre 2006, a seguito della conferma della condanna a morte nei confronti dell’ex dittatore iracheno Saddam Hussein, Marco Pannella inizia uno sciopero della fame e della sete per sostenere la proposta “Nessuno tocchi Saddam” volta a scongiurarne l’esecuzione. ... Continua

Oggi a New York l’organizzazione per i diritti civili American Civil Liberties Union annuncerà la propria intenzione di far causa a una sussidiaria della Boeing per aver partecipato al sequestro di cinque individui, incluso un cittadino italiano, trasportati contro la loro volontà dalla Cia in paesi in cui alcuni di loro sarebbero stati torturati. ... Continua

PAUL KRUGMAN HAS BEEN USING his space on the New York Times op-ed page for weeks now to discuss America’s “real crisis”—not Social Security but health care. Krugman deplores the horrid state of American medicine, the large number of uninsured, and the high cost of it all. ... Continua

The movie “Sicko,” a humorous and biting look at the nation’s health care and insurance system, spurred debate well beyond the people who actually saw filmmaker Michael Moore’s documentary this summer, a new survey says. The survey by the non-profit Henry J. ... Continua

Rex Morgan has done battle with many a medical problem — from epilepsy to AIDS, from organ transplantation to depression — but he feels that he must tackle a new one: American health care. Dr. Morgan may not have the name recognition of former Surgeon General C. ... Continua

In “Sicko,” Michael Moore uses a clip of my appearance earlier this year on “The O’Reilly Factor” to introduce a segment on the glories of Canadian health care. Moore adores the Canadian system. I do not. I am a new American, but I grew up and worked for many years in Canada. ... Continua

Michael Moore is practically the Leni Riefenstahl of socialism. Michael Moore set out to make a movie attacking the American insurance industry and ended up attacking the American character. By the end of his movie SiCKO, his plaint is less about American resistance to government-run health care than its overarching rejection of collectivism. ... Continua

Two months ago, I opened the mail to find new health insurance cards for me, my wife, and my son. We were now covered, apparently, by a new insurance company. We had no warning that this change was coming. ... Continua