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President Obama is coming to the University of Iowa on Thursday! He'll be here to talk about the new health insurance legislation passed this week. Limited tickets are available to the event, on the University of Iowa campus, Thursday, March 25, 1 p.m., in the Field House. If you want to attend, immediately go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/webform/rsvp/university-iowa-100325 (available till 4

There are advantages and disadvantages to having a wife whose job is campaigning about the dangers of GMO food. The disadvantage is that you have to read the labels on every item of food before you buy it. The advantage is that you do actually read the labels before you buy it. Because, let's face it, you don't know what on earth they put in "food" these days (or if it is even food at all). My

Good news for once about our tempestuous health care debate. While the brats inside the Beltway distract everyone with their school yard scrapping, others are out there are making positive change. Here’s a couple of examples:

Former top insurance executive Wendell Potter had a change of heart after attending the premiere of Michael Moore’s damning film about the health care industry, “Sicko”,

An AmeriCanadian Perspective on U.S. Health Care Reform

I’m no politician—which means I can sit back in front of the TV with a cool raspberry popsicle and something like detachment as I watch both supporters and critics of the Democrats’ health care reform proposal turn American town halls into The Jerry Springer Show. I say “something like detachment” because although I am Canadian, I will be