Asian-American History: 10 Facts

Asian-American history doesn’t get taught much in schools (and probably even less so in Texas), but May is Asian-American Heritage Month (in case you didn’t already know). And Jenn Fang has compiled ten facts you may not know about Asian-American history. Here are the first five: The first Asians whose arrival in America was documented …

Increased health coverage decreases abortion rate

As abortion is once again an issue for debate in the current health care bill–does it or doesn’t it allow funding of abortions? I’d argue that the more relevant and useful question is whether or not it reduces abortions. Science, data, statistics, facts–whatever you want to call them–answer in the affirmative. So let’s pass this bill …