By REG HENRY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Henry: Lawyers the death of health-care reform
This column is about the health-care debate, but first we must take a little diversionary walk -- because the weather is still fine and a nice walk is a healthy activity -- down to our lawyer's office.
Henry: Getting into gear with the 'General Motors Diet'
When I came back from vacation last week, I felt that I had done my part to contribute to the national obesity crisis -- and I felt a great shame.
Henry: America's real deficit crisis: common sense
What does the country really need? That is the question of the hour in this the summer of our discontent.
Thomas R. Marshall, vice president of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913-21, once made the mistake of answering this question.
Henry: Freedom's just another word for Woodstock
The only person I know who went to Woodstock 40 years ago is also one of the most conservative people I know. Yes, Tom, that would be you, if you are reading.
Unfortunately, Tom is probably not reading this, because the last time I checked he reads only those publications that Genghis Khan might have favored over breakfast.
Henry: Socialism foes just sick over health care
It is a well-known cliche of doctors' waiting rooms that the magazines are old. Or it may be that the magazines are new but just seem old by the time the doctor sees you.
From Gitmo to Bermuda: a Uighur's dream
When I was a dashing young blade, back in the Paleolithic era, I made certain promises in front of an altar and not long afterward left on a honeymoon to Bermuda.
My wife had been to Bermuda before, not on a honeymoon fortunately, but I had never been and was thrilled to go.
Henry: If you are revolting, stay away from Pittsburgh
When it was announced recently that President Obama had chosen Pittsburgh as the site of the G-20 summit in September, astonishment was general.
Today I rise to make the case why Pittsburgh is the perfect site to hold a meeting of world leaders, given its position as a world leader in so many fields.
Henry: My case for being on the Supreme Court
Having had the position explained to me by various right-wing pundits, I realize that I should have applied for the coming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.
I wonder if it is too late? President Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor and she has begun making the rounds on Capitol Hill in the hope of finding a few senators awake.
Henry: Be afraid of the politics of fear
Be afraid. Be very afraid. That is the message as conservatives regroup in a new era.
The left gave us political correctness. The right gives us political fearfulness.
Henry: How team bird watching can take flight
With the sun up earlier in the morning these days, the birds outside my bedroom window are much more vocal than usual.
