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[T]he enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being… – WHO

For now, the significance of the [health care reform vote] is moving the United States FROM a system in which people can assume they will have health coverage IF they are old enough (Medicare), poor enough (Medicaid), fortunate enough (working for an employer that offers coverage, or able themselves to bear expenses), or in some other way specially positioned (veterans; elected officials)… TOWARD a system in which people can assume they will have health-care coverage. Period.   – Why This Moment Matters

Maira Kalman does it again. Back to the Land – And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog

At the end of our interview, I ask young Will a question that might be a civics test nightmare for your average 10-year-old. Will’s answer, though, is good enough — simple enough, true enough — to give me a little rush of goose pimples. What does being an American mean?

“Freedom of speech,” Will says, without even stopping to think. “The freedom to disagree. That’s what I think pretty much being an American represents.”

Somewhere, Thomas Jefferson smiles.

Arkansas Times

• Love Will Keep Us Together by Captain & Tennille
• Fly, Robin, Fly by Silver Convention
• Island Girl by Elton John
• He Don’t Love You by Tony Orlando & Dawn
• Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka
• Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
• Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John
• That’s the Way (I Like It) by KC & the Sunshine Band
• Jive Talkin’ by Bee Gees Fame by David Bowie
  
  

This, any many other fascinating facts, courtesy of the Birthday Calculator.

A Graphic History of U.S.Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades

Six states now allow same-sex marriages: Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Link: Pursuit of Happiness blog – Can Do

Don’t mope in your room. Go invent something.