Scientific cents: Research is key to growth and development
In recent years, programs of scientific research have been losing government funding. Last year, the House Committee on Science recommended that the president's budget for fiscal year 1999 increase funding for scientific and social research. While President Bill Clinton's 1999 budget has allowed a slight increase in research and development funding, it is important that the government increase its support of scientific, medical and social research.
Children first: MIchild program offers a helping hand
Families that currently cannot afford health care for their children received good news last week when the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration approved Michigan's MIChild program. Designed by the state's Department of Community Health, this program will specifically target the state's 156,000 uninsured children. The lack of health insurance for many Americans received a great deal of attention during the 1992 presidential campaign, and during President Bill Clinton's first term.
One diva, and four pretenders to her throne
Some of this is my own fault. I've been watching VH1 (the thinking man's E! network.)
I don't know if everyone else's life is as bankrupt and tragic as mine, but over the past year, I've formed this unhealthy fascination with everything having to do with VH1, with the exception of the fashion programming, which is clearly aimed at fat women and men who collect little figurines.
04-15-98
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