Skinny Repeal and GOP Moderates: Compromising or Compromised?

Miracle Girl: Skinny Repeal and GOP Moderates: Compromising or Compromised?

Many GOP moderates have osteoporosis of the spine. Will they cave to Mitch McConnell...yet again?

If Skinny Repeal passes, it will be the healthcare of the American people skinned.

Mitch McConnell’s Deadly Game of Obamacare Repeal Darts

Miracle Girl: Mitch McConnell’s Deadly Game of Obamacare Repeal Darts

Mitch McConnell hopes one of his legislative darts will hit the Obamacare repeal mark, but it's the healthcare of millions in his bulls-eye.

The Senate Majority doesn't care about the pain his blind darts "game" will cause.

The Owen Lab: On the Road to Widespread Covert Awareness Testing

Miracle Girl: The Owen Lab: On the Road to Widespread Covert Awareness Testing

My mom thinks nurses were trying to nudge her toward eventually pulling my plug. She refused to even consider it. But what about the other covertly aware consciousness disorder patients?

False hope is a danger, yet false doom can be deadly. Mobile testing by the Owen Lab may save the lives of countless covertly aware vegetative patients.

Pottery Barn Rule: You Break the Healthcare System, You Bought It

Miracle Girl: Pottery Barn Rule: You Break the Healthcare System, You Bought It

Forgetting the Pottery Barn Rule, the president has vowed to smash Obamacare. While Trump will buy the blame, the American people who will pay the price.

Sorry, Donald, the phrase doesn't go, "The buck stops with Dem."

Better Care Recovery Act II: Dean Heller Highwater

Miracle Girl: Better Care Recovery Act II: Dean Heller Highwater

If the BCRA fails, the healthcare coverage of millions will have been saved by senators covering something else, especially the GOP's most endangered senator, Dean Heller.

Will Obamacare be saved by a senator out to save his electoral skin?

Covert Awareness: Into and Out of the Gray Zone of Consciousness

Miracle Girl: Covert Awareness: Into and Out of the Gray Zone of Consciousness

My coma awakening was a quirk, but Dr. Adrian Owen is making awareness testing a science. Few consciousness disorder patients recover as fully from the "gray zone'' as I have. But the work of dedicated researchers may change that.

Humans and Neanderthals: Kissin’ Cousins in More Ways Than One

Miracle Girl: Humans and Neanderthals: Kissin’ Cousins in More Ways Than One

Our early Homo sapien ancestors shagged Neanderthals and any related species, looking past superficial differences.

Were our supposedly primitive human ancestors more "evolved" than us?

Separationism: The Battle of Our Founding Fathers is Our Fight Too

Miracle Girl: Separationism: The Battle of Our Founding Fathers is Our Fight Too

Celebrate Independence Day by grabbing a bucket of mortar to patch up breaches in the Wall of Separation. Instead of lighting fireworks this Independence Day, we should light a candle for Church/State separationism.

Can a Pro-Truth Pledge Combat the Post-Truth Age of President Tantrum?

Miracle Girl: Can a Pro-Truth Pledge Combat the Post-Truth Age of President Tantrum?

On the eve of July 4th, wouldn’t it feel good to stand up for truth, justice, and the scientific way?

Our Enlightenment-era Founding Fathers would've weeped to learn that a Pro-Truth Pledge was even necessary in our time.