I've never done one of these things before, but when I saw this photo, I knew it needed a better caption than what the guardian assigned to it.
















So, whoever has the best caption for this photo will win a prize.

The 15th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Religion, Literature and Culture will be taking place at the University of Oxford between 23-26 September 2010. This conference is on the topic of "Attending to the Other: Critical Theory and Spiritual Practice" and will, we hope, be building on many of the issues we have discussed in the postgraduate conferences of the past three years. To this end, there are panel sessions in 'continental philosophy of religion', 'critical theory' and 'German Idealism and religion' (as well as many others). Further details about the conference, including a full call for papers, can be found at the website: www.theology.ox.ac.uk/ISRLC.

One of the surprising things to me about going through enrollment at Durham University was the Medical Registration. April went with me and she stopped one lady to ask what sort of paperwork would be required and how much it would cost for school insurance. The lady smiled and said, "Nothing dear. Just go through the line and sign up for it." My wife's mouth hit the floor and said, "You mean we don't have to write anything down about pre-existing conditions?" The lady didn't skip a beat, "That's right. It's free. This is health-care."

Bill Moyers recently interviewed a former health insurance executive for CIGNA named Wendell Potter. In this clip, Potter explains how a group of insurance companies got together and formed a strategy to circulate misinformation about Michael Moore's film Sicko and the health care issues that the film raises.



See full interview here

Being in the States this last summer, I was able to have many conversations about health care with my family members and friends. Most of the reasons that were given for being against health care that I heard people give me find their origin in this spinster strategy by the insurance companies.

What does one do when one hears from the horse's mouth that the anti-health care scare is only propaganda? Does that change anything? Or is the media still discredited by obtaining a "liberal bias"?

What does it say about America, that I, as an American, in order to get health care, have to become an immigrant?