HPV Vaccine Gardasil Does Not Increase Disease Activity in SLE Patients, Study Shows ScienceDaily (May 26, 2011) — The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, does not increase the incidence of flares (unpredictable worsening of symptoms signaling increased disease activity) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, and has a tolerable safety profile, […]

In Defense Of Anthony Weiner Though He Must Resign First of all the fact that the Internet is being used by otherwise intelligent people including congress people, teachers, lawyers, and other professionals for legal yet embarrassing activities shows the poor state of our educational system in the digital world. Many Americans participate in behaviors that […]

  Our Fantasy Nation? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: June 4, 2011 With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals. It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent […]

It is sad that there is a budget that out there that is much better than the President’s budget and Republican Paul Ryan’s budget. The budget is humane and it does not use smoke and mirrors or ideology to pay balance the budget. The budget is not only a policy panacea but will change the […]

"When Congressman Charlie Bass voted to end Medicare; that was an attack on New Hampshire families like mine." Jane Brickett is a Social Worker in New Hampshire’s North Country. She has a disability and if she didn’t have Medicare the doctor bills could bankrupt her. She’s one of the lucky ones. If Republicans succeed in […]

My dear Elementary/High School friend Amelia Hartley-woodruff emailed me this one. Interesting enough it applies right here in Texas and I am sure throughout the country. While it seems our priorities are displaced, make no mistake, this is not at all an accident. In a world now governed by “Free Markets”, outsourcing, and supply side […]

Devastating 82nd Regular Session Comes to an End The 82nd Regular Legislative Session came to an end yesterday. This was easily the most devastating session of which I’ve been a part. The Republican supermajority passed a budget and several policies that betray Texans. Instead of improving public schools, Republicans wasted time on legislation meant to […]

  WHO Panel Cites ‘Possible’ Brain Cancer Risk from Cell Phone Use May 31, 2011 Zulima Palacio Tuesday by the World Health Organization concludes radio frequencies and electromagnetic fields – including those routinely emitted by mobile phones – are "possibly" carcinogenic to humans.   The World Health Organization and its subsidiary investigative panel, the International Agency […]

FreedomWorks simply does not get it. They actually believe that the American middle class will continue its path to self-destruction by maintaining a path of indentured servitude to the top two percent of the population. They continue to push the country to the right, a direction that is nothing more than a wealth transfer vector […]

I was directed to the article below by my dear Kingwood Area Democrat friend Deborah Mowrey at just the time as I was doing some other blogging on the Texas financial massacre that will set the state back likely for a decade. Shame on the Texas Republican cabal. Warren Buffett knows what he is talking […]