Science

  • Us Health Care Costs

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 7th, 2010 The most current falsehood floating around the U.S. health care debate appears to be the oldest typical neo-conservative sophism against change. It is…

  • Senators Health Care Poll

    By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 16th, 2009The U.S. public now sees Congressional plans to change America’s health-care system as little more than adisaster which can only create higher medical costs…

  • Senators Public Option

    By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 11th, 2009Recently have the feeling you’ve been cheated?No doubt that notion has been buzzing about your mind the last few days, if you’re among the…

  • Health Insurance Public Option

    By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 8th, 2009Senate Republicans who are opposed to any kind of public health-insurance option for you hope to requiremembers of Congress and all essential members of…

  • House Health Care Plan

    By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 10th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Oct. 30th, 2009, released an informative overview of theAffordable Health Care for America Act, which the U.S. House…

  • Kucinich Health Care Plan

    By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 9th, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives late Saturday narrowly passed a massive overhaul of America’s healthinsurance system.The Washington Post breathlessly hailed the legislation–called H.R. 3962…

  • Health Care Costs

    By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 23rd, 2009Middle-class Americans will still struggle with huge health insurance costs if the Senate Finance Committeelegislation known as the Baucus Bill becomes law.The bill, put…

  • Health Care Costs

    By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 21st, 2009If anyone doubts that American health care costs are needlessly spiraling out of control, a fascinatinginternational cost comparison of 30 democracies discussed by the…

  • Private Healthcare Problems

    By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 8th, 2009A very interesting health care report was issued on July 29th by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). It reminds us of the folly in…

  • GOP Public Healthcare

    By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 4th, 2009Conservative lawmakers who refuse to discuss any public health care option for average Americans have longenjoyed the benefits of a government-run health care service…

  • Kennedy On Health Care

    By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 26th, 2009Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), perhaps the most effective U.S. Senator of the modern era, died last night. Hewas 77 years old.The late lawmaker’s Senate…

  • Military Mind Drugs

    By Cliff Montgomery – Aug 21st, 2009A top biological and chemical arms control expert called Wednesday for an immediate ban on the use of genetherapy and other life sciences for…

  • Public Health Care

    By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 17th, 2009Despite the Obama Administration’s apparent waffling on providing a federal public option for health care, “atleast 13 states have invested millions of dollars this…

  • Health Care Reform Racism

    By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 8th, 2009Some recent town hall meetings on health care reform have been brought to a halt by a handful of ‘protesters’,who work hard to turn…

  • Global Warming

    By Cliff Montgomery – July 24th, 2009John Holdren, President Obama’s Science and Technology Adviser, on June 16th released a major study onthe problems that America may soon face thanks to…

  • Nobel Laureates Obama

    By Cliff Montgomery – July 20th, 2009A climate bill which the House of Representatives passed in June will fail to achieve its goals without a sharpincrease in research and development…

  • Global Warming Making Foods Toxic

    By Cliff Montgomery – July 1st, 2009Cassava is a plant first grown in the tropics of the Americas. Millions around the world now depend on its starchy root as a…

  • FDA Needs Overhaul

    By Cliff Montgomery – May 7th, 2009The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is a not-for-profit organization which promotes “corporate and governmental accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering…

  • Global Warming Famine

    By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 30th, 2009A billion people will live in famine as global food security breaks down in the coming decades, states a top U.S.scientist.State Department chief scientist…

  • FDA Not Testing Medical Products

    By Cliff Montgomery Feb. 22nd, 2009Since 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has failed to guarantee that such essential medical devices as replacement heart valves, cardiac defibrillators, pacemakers and…