Martingevans
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LATEST ARTICLES ( 114 )
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Social Security Fixes
I am a progressive but I do not take a hard line about making changes in Social Security. I just object strongly to the changes that the President has proposed... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Health Care [New Yorker]
I disagree strongly with Mr. Horner's assertion that society has no interest in protecting people from their own irresponsible behavior (Letters, October 21,... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Representatives Upton and Walden Are Correct in One of Th...
Representatives Upton and Walden are correct in one of their complaints about the Obama administration: the threat of retroactive regulation by the FCC (How... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Demonizing Opponents
I agree with Mr Jacoby that the demonizing of opponents has contributed to the gridlock in Congress. Unfortunately from day one, Republicans have worked... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Medicare: How About Help Across State Lines
It is indeed "outrageous that millions of the poorest people in the country will be denied health insurance because of decisions made mostly by Republican... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Yvonne Abraham (Laboring Over a Position, Boston Globe, O...
Yvonne Abraham (Laboring over a position, Boston Globe, October 3rd., 2013:B1) finds the arbitration award to police officers excessive. She derides... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Rating Agencies
The games played by the ratings agencies are a function of the business model they use (Since Relaxing its Bond Rating Standards, S. P. Has Seen Its Business... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Your Lead Editorial, The Other Targeting Scandal (WSJ, Au...
Your lead editorial, The Other Targeting Scandal (WSJ, August7, 2013:A12) exaggerates the threat to corporate political speech. Read more
Posted on 10 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Health Insurance and Employment
The past few months have demonstrated the difficulties resulting from continuing to link health insurance to employment.First, we see some with strong... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Your Argument in Favor of State Representative Dan Winsow...
Your argument in favor of State Representative Dan Winsow's argument for exempting young people from an increase in the minimum wage is flawed (Raise the minimu... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Justice at Guantanamo. When?
Mr. Carroll is one of many calling for the closure of Guantanamo where over 80 people cleared of terrorist activity languish still. Read more
Posted on 08 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
I Was Distressed to Read in Your Editorial (Boston Globe,...
I was distressed to read in your editorial (Boston Globe, April 29, 2013: A10) an attack on one of the few remaining protections for state workers: the... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Over 80 People Are Being Held in Guantanamo After Being c...
Over 80 people are being held in Guantanamo after being cleared of any terrorist involvement. This is unconscionable.Mr. President, Let These People Go. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Your Editorial , Social Security, Present and Future (New...
Your Editorial , Social Security, Present and Future (New York Times Weekly Review, March 31, 2013: 10)m is correct in dismissing the chained CPI as a... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Fix the Broken Tax System.
The corporate tax system is broken, badly broken (Tax lobbyists help businesses reap windfalls. Boston Globe, March 17, 2013: A1, A8, A9).The fix is simple:... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
I Am Very Disturbed by One Phrase in Your Description of ...
I am very disturbed by one phrase in your description of this agreement (Big Hedge Fund Pays $616 Million in Trading Cases, New York Times, March 16, 2013:... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
It is Time for the US to Adopt a Financial Transactions T...
It is time for the US to adopt a Financial Transactions Tax (A Tax that May Change the Trading Game, Business Day, February 22, 2013: B1, B6).The financial... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Some Sensible Changes to Social Security
Mr. Brooks is wrong to try to implicate Social Security as one of the causes of our fiscal problems (New York Times, February 22, 2013: A21). Read more
Posted on 23 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Keystone Pipeline
Friends don't let friends binge.That should be the watchword for President Obama as he considers whether or not to authorize the Keystone Pipeline (Obama Faces... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Targeted Assassination
Mr Sununu is right to draw our attention to the O07bama "license to kill" (Boston Globe, February 17, 2013: A11).Targeted assassination should not be one of... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION