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Dean Powers lives in Castleton, VT. He has apprenticed at several newspapers including The Nation. He currently writes for OpEdNews. He can be found at facebook.com/deanppowers.
SHARE Thursday, July 2, 2015 Emotions are Instincts
Human instincts are far more complex than fight or flight. It is up to us to come to understand our complex instincts and prosper by staying true to them.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, June 8, 2015 Slow Down
Can we slow down enough to catch our breath and have some true heart to heart conversations?
SHARE Saturday, May 16, 2015 Being a Father Isn't For Me
I'm 33 years old and there are two things wrong here. I'm not dad material and America isn't a friendly place to raise children.
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 29, 2015 Understanding the Right Even if We Don't Agree with Them
Too often political discourse is tinged with anger and an unwillingness to compromise or see reason on the other side of the debate. That has to change.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Republican Path To Progress: Retreat to Health Care
AP is reporting that after winning control of Congress in 2010 Republicans will begin campaigning for 2012 destroying the health care bill President Obama passed with Democratic majorities in Congress between 2008 and 2010, the only devastatingly compromised fruit produced by a federal government run by Democrats since 1992.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 25, 2009 NYTimes Paints Rockwell Portrait of Opponents to Health Care Reform
A new anti-health care reform article paints Limbaugh fan and conservative Georgian Republican, Bob Collier, as the common man rising up from the pew in his church to say what he has never spoken, much like the man in Norman Rockwell's famous "Freedom of Speech" painting.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 19, 2009 NYTimes' Distorted "Public Opinion" Reporting On Health Care Expands
Paul Krugman may be the liberal voice of the New York Times, but the paper is guilty of strong anti-health care reform bias. It may be enough to sink its readership to new lows, with readers disgusted with the thinly veiled plot lines, made for the insurance industry's delight.
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, August 17, 2009 Failure is Better Option than Non-Profit Co-ops
Failure would be a better option. Push the aggressive reform. Destroty the political careers of every politician that stands in the way: Max Baucus, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, the Blue Dogs, the entire Republican delegation. Blame failure on these individuals and let the Democrats run on health care reform in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 9, 2009 Tea-Baggers Are Like Sept. 11th Terrorists; Remember: 19 *Box-Cutters* Over-Powered 246 Passengers
We are in one of those historic moments, folks. We can't afford to follow the commands of those who would hijack health care reform. Like the terrorists of 9/11, the tea-baggers are very few compared to their would-be victims: the number of Americans who support robust health care reform.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Hey NYTimes, STOP FABRICATING "Growing Unease" Health Care NARRATIVE
Call the New York Times today and ask them to substantiate their claims that there is "growing anxiety, uneasiness, concern" etc. around health care reform or stop printing the fabrication altogether.