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Myles Spicer

Graduate U of Minn 1954. Flying officer USAF 1954-57 honorably discharged from reserve with rank of Capt.  Owner several ad agencies in the Twin Cities and San Diego for over 45 years. Won several national creative awards in my career; and was a published author. Active politically entire adult life, and civil rights activist since age of 21.  76 years old...and an unrepentant liberal!

Breaking News: Big pharma now offers smokers several new ways to die!

By Myles Spicer

It used to be, in the good old days, when you smoked heavily and for lengthy periods, you could likely die a long painful death from, say, lung cancer or maybe emphysema.  No longer, thanks to America's big pharma. Now, if you smoke, you have choices on how to die.MORE »

FREE SPEECH ZONE | The REAL reasons Americans oppose health care reform

By Myles Spicer, Free Speech Zone

Relax...this will not be more about the Health Care Bills now in Congress, which have been sliced, diced, vetted, digested, regurgitated, and pretty much beaten to death. Well, maybe not "death" as they lurch toward a final showdown.MORE »

A creative new way to help healthcare speed BACKWARDS!

By Myles Spicer

I thought healthcare in America was in the deepest funk possible.  Reform is on the rocks. The insurance lobby is gaining traction.  The uninsured are going up not down. Access is being restricted. Emergency Rooms are packed...and, well you get the idea. MORE »

A positive solution for excessive Wall St. bonuses

By Myles Spicer

Perhaps nothing in our economic system in recent times has been so offensive, so egregious, and so repulsive to the American public as the obscene bonuses paid to Wall Street bankers and investment companies.  Exacerbating this situation is the fact that the largest of these firms were essentially "saved" by government intervention, yet the top executives of these companies seemed to thumbMORE »

Where have all the Republicans gone?

By Myles Spicer

First a brief disclaimer.  As an unrepentant and long time liberal, why should I even care?  All I know is that the real Republicans seem to have gone into limbo, and the GOP as I knew it, appears to be slowly evaporating.  And even as a liberal, that is cause for concern for a vibrant political dialogue, and a balanced desirable two party system in Minnesota.MORE »

I surrender...the Conservatives are absolutely right on health care reform

by Myles Spicer | September 24, 2009 • I used to be an unrepentant liberal who sneered at the hard right’s views of health care reform.MORE »

Politics are getting pretty ugly... and real scary

by Myles Spicer | September 11,2209 • OK…that the current political environment is pretty ugly is likely not “new” news, but it is the “scary” part that should concern us all. MORE »

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