Lawyer-Doctor Punch Out Begins; Beware the Wild Card
With the submission of over 800,000 initiative petition signatures yesterday by Consumer Watchdog, it appears that the expensive battle between doctors and lawyers over non-economic compensation in health care cases will be thrown to the people. With rich assets on both sides, expect to hear a whole lot about greedy lawyers and irresponsible doctors. In […]
Education Fix Requires Change in Teacher Firing Law
First, I want to thank John Wildermuth for making my daily afternoon can of Diet Coke so unnecessary. His column in F&H yesterday provided me with one jolt after another. I cannot hold John totally responsible for some of what he wrote. In some circles you just are not taken seriously unless you compare Republicans […]
R.I.P. Ron Smith: A Man For All Seasons
My introduction to Ron Smith was butting heads with him in battle some 30 odd years ago. He was representing a candidate for Congress in a Republican primary while I was managing the campaign of a competitor. Those who have experienced political campaigns know that they can be best described as frantic endeavors. There never […]
Film Is Monument To American Values
There are pictures like 12 Years a Slave and Schindler’s List that bring to the screen the stark reality of some of the darkest moments of in our history and the history of the world. Then, there are films like George Clooney’s The Monuments Men that use a much lighter touch to illuminate another important episode in the battle against intolerance and […]