I wandered in here from Roz’s website, and loved going through your photography. I used to live in both Kailua and Kaneohe, in a previous life (as a military officer), and your pictures brought back wonderful memories of the islands. But let me say a few things about the health debate. It seems to me that there is a real “war” going on in the US, and the war is between “moneyed interests” and the “public good”. Even just a few decades ago, the term “health care” talked about the relationship between (1) patients, and (2) doctors and other health care providers (like nurses, hospitals, etc). But somewhere along the way, “moneyed interests” realized that health care could be a cash cow, and what we have today is a slew of non-providers trying to make billions off of the illnesses of Americans. This includes the media, as you point out. Somehow, we have to get this back to being a relationship between patients and providers, but I’m not optimistic that Obama stand up to the moneyed interests in this term. The power of organizations such as the pharmaceutical companies, HMO’s, insurance companies, and the media to influence the national debate is astounding. I loved your article, and you and I are of a like mind on the lunacy of what is going on.