Bold Ideas: On Health Care
Apr 15, 2012 No Comments ›› cecilThe United States, which once took pride in delivering superior health care to its population, now ranks 47th among nations in life expectancy. We also rank 43rd in infant mortality, after Cuba and Slovenia. We are the only wealthy industrialized nation that lacks a universal health care delivery system. This is of critical importance because ...
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The politics of baby-making— men should sit down and shut up
Feb 25, 2012 No Comments ›› cecilby Cecil Bothwell I am the only candidate for congress in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, in either party, who has taken strong positions in favor of women, women's rights and women's health. I entered the primary race in March of 2011, when the incumbent Blue Dog Democrat Heath Shuler voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Though I ...
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Immigration policy: North of the Border
Jan 23, 2012 No Comments ›› cecilThe following op-ed appeared in the Asheville Daily Planet this month. *** North of the Border by Cecil Bothwell In the late 1970s a friend of mine moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he took a job with a roofing contractor. Over the next ten years he became a hot-mop expert, endlessly repeating the process of installing layers of ...
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