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Three Tunes for the Times – A Musical Comment

By Ron Verzuh

Three songs that re-resonated for me through 2020 are part of “Readers’ Choice,” an annual roundup of favourite songs posted at kuratedmusic.com. Kris Klaasen, my...
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Farewell Ed Finn – An Appreciation

By Ron Verzuh

My friend and former union colleague Ed Finn died on December 27, 2020, at 94. Those of us who knew him and worked with...
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Life’s Little Pleasures – A Covid Comment

By Ron Verzuh

In the midst of the Covid crisis and the Oregon wildfires came seven little kittens. Leola caught me enjoying one of life’s little pleasures...
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Halloween Visitors – A Photo Memory

By Ron Verzuh

Halloween is usually a quiet affair in our suburban neighborhood. Last year we had a dozen kids. This year we had four, but two...
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My Covid-19 Heroine – An Appreciation

By Ron Verzuh

“At long last , we have finally made a truly game-changing scientific breakthrough in preventing the spread of COVID-19. We have found a disease-control...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Private health care insurance ’

Stop subsidizing private health care insurance – A Comment

By Ron Verzuh

December 17, 2019

Stop subsidizing private health care insurance – A Comment

Recently, a friend blasted the skeptics who have been poo-pooing Medicare for All as proposed by Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. His argument pours cold water on the halfway measures that other candidates like Peter Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar are promoting. Here’s his succinct and compelling reason why. “Medicare for All...
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