A layoff in 2002, well before the Affordable Care Act, forced me into my first experience buying individual health insurance. The Blue Shield PPO I ended up with cost $350/month with a modest deductible. I was a healthy 20-something with… Continue Reading →
Amid the visibly destructive frontal attacks on the rule of law as well as our most valuable institutions, there’s a quieter yet equally destructive attack on our data. The US government has traditionally kept databases separate, with information about citizens… Continue Reading →
When President Obama was elected in 2008, it felt like the beginning of a new era. There was good reason for hope and optimism — we had elected a President who was inspirational, thoughtful, and highly capable. His years ushered… Continue Reading →
Imagine you’ve had a friendly relationship with your next door neighbor for generations — almost as long as you’ve lived there. They are the best neighbors you could ask for! You visit each other often to share backyard harvests and… Continue Reading →
When I said in Part I that this wasn’t a story about opening my heart, that wasn’t entirely true. There is one place my heart lacked compassion: the criminal justice system. My last bastion of conservatism was the belief that… Continue Reading →
When I was growing up, Tucson seemed small and conservative to me. Then college took me to Bible-belt Indiana and I discovered what small and conservative truly is. In hindsight, I’d have been hard pressed to pick a worse fit… Continue Reading →
I relish telling the story of how I used to be a registered Republican. It’s good for shock value, considering that today I’m a flaming California liberal! Even better, I was a Teen Age Republican (TAR) in Arizona, a state… Continue Reading →
There was a time when I had friends with very different political beliefs. Of course! It would be narrow-minded and dogmatic to exclude people simply because we vote differently. Right? And this worked because, in theory, we all wanted people… Continue Reading →
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