My Take
Blog URL http://www.ldjackson.net
Tags Current Events, Politics, Economy, President, Congress, Domestic Issues, World News, US News
I write mostly about current events, politics, and breaking news stories. I started blogging for Mike Huckabee and it has expanded from there.
Latest Blog Posts
- Catholic bishops set to collide with health care reform over abortion on Nov 20, 2009 in Abortion Catholic Bishops Catholic Church Harry Reid Heath Care Reform House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops United States Senate
One of the reasons Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was able to scrape her version of health care reform by earlier this month was because of concessions she made to the moderates in her party, concerning abortion. Those concessions were due, in lar...
- No to child pornography on Nov 20, 2009 in Featured 1st Amendment Child Pornography Ernie Allen Larry Flynt National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Pornography Universal Youth Day
This post is a bit unusual, in that I came to write it as part of a blog campaign. It is something I normally do not participate in, but I felt this warranted an exception. Today is Universal Youth Day and it is fitting that bloggers across the world...
- New Cervical Cancer Test Guidelines on Nov 20, 2009 in American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Cancer Cervical cancer Health Care Reform HPV Vaccine Mammogram Pap test
Are women under attack? That seems to be the question hanging in the air after the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued new guidelines for Pap smear testing right on the heels of the new mammography guidelines issued earlier thi...
- What to do about the Guantanamo detainees? on Nov 19, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay President Obama Uighurs
One of the most publicized decisions President Obama has made since taking office has been his order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was a decision that was heralded by most of the world, as the prison is very unpopular, and by the li...
- New Mammogram Guidelines: Controversy not Conspiracy on Nov 18, 2009 in Cancer Mammogram Screening US Preventive Service Task Force
First let me say that I was as surprised by the new recommendations as anybody. I am deeply involved in the fight against cancer as a member of the board of a major cancer center. It is generally agreed that screening for all forms of cancer, other t...
- House health care plan not good for small business on Nov 18, 2009 in Health Care Reform House of Represenatives President Obama Small Business United States Senate
When the House of Representatives passed their version of health care legislation earlier this month, I did some very extensive reading of the final version of their bill. (Final as in before they reconcile with the Senate.) At at time, I wrote an ar...
- Maersk Alabama evades second pirate attack on Nov 18, 2009 in Captain Richard Phillips Maersk Alabama Somali Pirates
Who says lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place? Do you remember the Maersk Alabama and the ordeal they faced in April? They were hijacked off the coast of Somalia and the crew fought back, recapturing their ship. The pirates managed...
