My 14 Year Old Son Has Brain Cancer -- Without Obamacare, We May Have Been Dropped By Our Insurance Company

Mason is my 14-year-old son, who is adorable and funny, and happens to have a very stubborn and large brain tumor. We discovered the tumor four years ago, and we have been monitoring and treating it with the help of some of the finest doctors around. Mason has lived a somewhat “normal” life, despite frequent MRIs and even chemotherapy. He did his homework and hung out with friends until the fall of 2010 when his headaches became debilitating. Scans revealed that Mason’s tumor had grown for the first time since we had discovered it. Then days before we were scheduled to meet with the neurosurgeon to discuss a surgery we had tried to avoid, Mason had a massive cerebral hemorrhage.

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Instead of Going Bankrupt, Detroit Innovates and Goes Green

Mitt Romney famously wrote an op-ed in the New York Times a few years back called, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” In it, he argued against the auto bailout by claiming that Detroit would fail if given a bailout. Well, someone might want to show him the latest numbers the U.S. auto industry is posting. Auto sales rose again in March and are nearly 13 percent higher than March 2011. Not only are people buying American cars, they are buying greener cars.

In an example of learning the lessons of past crises, since 2007 and 2008, the last time gas prices spiked, the U.S. auto industry has made

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