Ulman a hit on foray into GOP's western county turf

Veterans sue Rumsfeld over medical cutbacks

Published in: Internet News Search: dentist May 25th, 2005

Veterans sue Rumsfeld over medical cutbacks

... chief has imposed excessive and illegal cutbacks in medical and dental services. The suit was filed in federal court on ...

The most politically powerful welfare recipients in the world

Published in: Internet News Search: dentist October 26th, 2005

The most politically powerful welfare recipients in the world

We're happy to present this guest essay from Lloyd G. Carter, an attorney and former journalist who has written about California water issues since 1969. Carter is president of the California Save Our Streams Council. ----- Remember the family farmer? He was immortalized in Grant Wood's 1930 painting "American Gothic": a grim, hardscrabble stoic in overalls, grasping a pitchfork. Guess what? It wasn't really a farmer. It was Wood's dentist posing as a farmer. Fresno County's own philosopher/farmer, Victor Davis Hanson, announced years ago that the family farmer was a figment of the urban imagination. Hanson wrote that the multi-generational family farm has all but disappeared and that soon the only thing left will be "broke serfs and thriving corporations." But now a coalition of western San Joaquin Valley agribusiness interests have launched a multi-million dollar media blitz to convince Californians that the modern "family farmer" still exists -- and needs to keep consuming colossal amounts of California river water. The statewide ad campaign includes television spots, full page newspaper ads, bus stop billboards in big cities, and even sponsorship of the "California Report" on National Public Radio. The word "family" is repeated ad nauseum.

Public wants dental reform (Berkshire Eagle)

Published in: Internet News Search: dentist May 24th, 2007

Public wants dental reform (Berkshire Eagle)

SPRINGFIELD — The state should add dental coverage to its health insurance guidelines and revise the method used to calculate small-business owners' income, speakers said yesterday at a public hearing on the health care reform law that will require every state resident to have insurance as of July 1.