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This week, the VA Commission on Care released its final report.  Michael Blecker, a Vietnam veteran and Executive Director of Swords to Plowshares, issued this letter of dissent about the […]

This review of Sebastian Junger’s new book the Tribe was just posted on the Washington Monthly blog.  Please read and share. Betraying His Adopted Tribe? How Afghan “veteran” Sebastian [...]

Twenty-six veterans service organizations just sent this letter of protest to Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA) who is about to sponsor legislation that would privatize the Veterans [...]

This is a great article from The American Prospect about Brexit.  I read it and thought about healthcare elites and the VHA. Who’s to Blame for Brexit? The Elites David […]

This is amazing story about the Veterans Health Administration appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It’s entirely dependent on the fact that the VHA is one of the only healthcare […]

Doris Grinspun head of the RNAO just sent me this article about the firing of a Chief Nurse who spoke out to protect patients.  Any Canadian nurse reading this should […]

              On this site in the past, I’ve tried to highlight the work of nurses who have taken their patient advocacy into the arena of public policy making and […]

I just posted this on the American Prospect blog on McCain’s attempt to flimflam veterans by privatizing the VHA.   Tapped: The Prospect Group Blog McCain Pulls a Bait-and-Switch on [...]

Nursing student Marian Tristao Saba asked me to send greetings to the graduating class of the Universidade Federal de Bahia.  She said the class has read the book I wrote […]

This was just posted on the American Prospect Blog. Tapped: The Prospect Group Blog The Hidden Irony of GOP Outrage over the VA Secretary’s Disney Comparison By Suzanne Gordon | […]