Sightings
No Taypayer Funding for Abortion Act and Repealing Funding for State Health Exchanges
Abortion Funding Bill Clears House Floor after defeating, 192-235, a motion to recommit by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) to prevent federal officials from reviewing the the medical records of victims of rape or incest more »
Woman of Note: Charlotte Salomon's Life? or Theatre?
A 23-year-old Jewish artist who fled to the south of France spending two years feverishly painting the history of her life, a sort of autobiographical operetta on paper. One year after she completed it the pregnant 26-year-old was transported to Auschwitz and killed more »
Dollars for Doctors, Pro Publica's Investigation: Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers
Concerns about the influence of industry money have prompted Stanford and University of Colorado-Denver to ban drug sales representatives from the hospital halls and bar doctors from paid promotional speaking. One area of medicine still welcomes the largesse: societies that represent specialists more »
Main-Street Republicans, Hard-Pressed Democrats, Bystanders and Post Moderns: The Political Typology
The most visible shift in the political landscape since Pew Research's previous political typology in early 2005 is the emergence of a single bloc of across-the-board conservatives. The long-standing divide between economic, pro-business conservatives and social conservatives has blurred. more »
