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This week, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) announced a bill, entitled The Healthy Americans Act, that seeks to eliminate the blight of the uninsured in America. Of the many piecemeal or hopeless pieces of health care reform legislation that litter the political landscape, this one really gets me excited because it’s comprehensive, well-conceived, and most importantly, […]

The December issue of the Michigan Independent is now available for download. Hope you enjoy!
- Zach Shoup

I can never make up my mind on Andrew Sullivan, but his piece about the relationship between George W. Bush and his father in today’s London Times is just too great not to pass on. Check it out.
- Zach Shoup

Today is a day of bipolar emotions for Michigan progressives. The good news is of the variety that is evident all over CNN’s souped-up election ticker: Gov. Granholm won reelection after defeating her opponent who dropped $35 million of his own money on the race. Also, Senator Debbie Stabenow ran away with victory over her […]

- Zach Shoup

This is a totally uninformed opinion of mine based on a pretty general observation of political trends, but it seems like ballot initiatives are rarely a good thing. In theory, direct democracy is appealing, but too often we see the system for initiatives getting abused by special interests or a way to circumvent our government’s […]

Becca Rueble’s article in the most recent issue of the magazine showed the startling drop in numbers of most minority groups on the Berkeley and UCLA campuses.
After Prop. 209 passed in California the previously legal efforts to recruit and provide equal access to women and minorities became unconstitutional. Governor Pete Wilson then called on the […]

After all of the coverage and hype, it’s tough to believe that Election Day 2006 is merely 12 hours away. For young Americans on the left, this election season is exciting for the fresh opportunities it provides. Few of us were politicized before Premier Bush took office for the first time, meaning that none of […]

Try imagining the most obnoxious gradegrubber in your high school class. You know, the one who whined about the meaninglessness of scientific notation. The one who spent 30 minutes begging your history teacher to find out the format of the final. The one who asked everyone in class how well they did on their King […]