No Insurance Company Left Behind
3-11-2010 – 4:18 pm | Comments

By Katie Robbins – | HealthCareNOW.org
On Tuesday, the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition performed a “citizen’s arrest” of the insurance industry at a meeting of Americas Health Insurance Plans, the private health …

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Articles by Jayne Stahl

“Fleeting Expletives”
4-30-2009 – 10:53 am | Comments
“Fleeting Expletives”

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Now that the Supreme Court upheld the government’s ban on the use of four letter words on TV, and radio, here’s a question for them: when will they ban torture?
Yes, of …

Bybee and the BYU Connection
4-22-2009 – 9:53 pm | Comments
Bybee and the BYU Connection

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
The born again litter, and radical right wing of the Republican party which has held dominion since before the Reagan revolution, as we now see has also taken a wrecking crew …

Armed Diplomacy
4-19-2009 – 11:44 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
While President Obama held his Sunday news conference, and touted the virtues of talk over combat, saying that diplomacy “strengthens our hand,” the bombs rained over the Waziristan region of Pakistan killing …

Liability Insurance for Interrogators Revisited
4-17-2009 – 11:36 am | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
The below piece first appeared in The Huffington Post on January12, 2009. I think it deserves a second look in light of Thursday’s disclosure by Attorney General Eric Holder that there will …

Out of the Black Site Business
4-9-2009 – 6:49 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
What better way to celebrate the second night of Passover, and the eve of Good Friday, than with Leon Panetta, director of the Central Intelligence Agency’s, news that his agency is “no …

Bailing Out the Neo-Cons
4-4-2009 – 6:26 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
We’re now witnessing the neo-carnage that has resulted from neo-cons Newt Gingrich, and his “Contract on America,” and Ronald Reagan’s buyout by Barry Goldwater conservative Republicans.
It would be wise not to forget …

More to it than meets the I-Pod
4-3-2009 – 10:42 am | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
If you’ve been following cable news, over the past few days, you’re not likely to have missed the Obamas at Buckingham Palace, and constant footage of Michelle Obama’s arm around the Queen’s …

Best for Obama Not to Talk About the Taliban
3-28-2009 – 6:56 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Obama’s recent decision to escalate troop presence, in Afghanistan, by adding an additional 4,000 troops will be easier to pitch at home, and abroad, if he avoids talking about taking out the …