Scott Petiya
I am a recent college graduate and political junkie, with a great enjoyment for writing about politics, history, and the like.
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Health Care Heads for the Final LapThe House and Senate have one last task on health care reform, molding the two versions of the bill they passed into one. The House will only get a little of what it wants, but the result will make a big difference for many people.
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A Four Party System?There are a lot of things wrong with the two-party system, but third parties have never had much staying power in America. A third and fourth party might have a better chance, but the electoral system would have to be changed first.
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What's Next on the Health Care Roller Coaster?A Health Care bill has to get through the Senate. Progressives may have to finally make nice with Olympia Snowe.
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My Family's Insurance StrugglesSince my Dad has been unable to work, our health insurance has become less comprehensive and more expensive.
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Everything You Know About Brontosaurus is WrongThe dinosaur most people know as "Brontosaurus" is actually something different. And if you look an an old drawing or skeleton, you may be looking at the wrong head. -
Great Snacks for SkiingFive ideas for snacks during a winter outing.
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Big Snow in DenverWe often have a blizzard right around Halloween here. It came just in time. -
Colorado's Wild Balloon ChaseFor several hours, everyone was riveted by the thought that a strange balloon was carrying a 6-year-old boy thousands of feet in the air. He was at home the whole time.
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What is the Nobel Threshold?Obama's work on the world stage might well have earned him the Nobel Peace Prize somewhere down the road. But should he have won it when he's only just gotten started? -
My Christmas Top TenReview of 10 classic Christmas songs -
Health Care Reform Odds Improve--Do the Pundits Notice?After being pilloried for months and declared dead by many pundits, health care reform, including the public option, is now gaining some momentum in the Senate. Doesn't mean that some pundits, even liberal ones, don't still act like it's a lost cause.
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Swine Flu as Just Something to Ride OutOur doctors didn't even want to test for swine flu, but said just to assume it was, don't bother coming in unless it gets really serious.
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Empire State Building Illuminated in DisgraceIranian protest activists wanted to turn New York City green when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he was at the UN last week. The Empire State Building deliberately avoided it, but had no problem turning their lights on for China's Communist Party.
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Yellowstone Grizzly Restored to Endangered Species List, Overturning Bush Administration's MoveGrizzly bears in the Yellowstone area had been removed from the endangered species list, but were restored after a lawsuit arguing that the government had not considered the threat posed by climate change. -
After Months of Delay, Baucus Fails to ImpressAfter a long push to get bipartisan support in the Senate Finance Committee, only one Republican is even considering supporting Max Baucus's proposal. And the proposal itself is deficient in providing affordable coverage to all Americans. -
What's "Progressive?" Surely Not Absolutism?Progressive activists and liberal Democrats in Congress are wrong to suggest that health care reform is not worth passing without a public option. They will court disaster if they follow through on a threat to kill any bill that doesn't include it.