BB Rodriguez engages in a little Time travel to the mid-1960s to look at the Medicare and Medicaid debate and how that all turned out. Turns out: surprisingly well—and in some surprising ways.

Success, alterations, positive side effects, and 130 years of German national health care. Time travel is amazing.

Derek Jensen compares universal health services with universal fire fighting services and police services, with a little history on the insurance industry and a brief examination of universal health care in other industrialized countries.

Derek Jensen grades Barack Obama on his first 100 days and on his approach to dealing with the torture policies of the previous administration. He examines the historical American policy around torture and concludes that not nearly enough has been done.