To stop insurance companies from finding loopholes to drive people into poverty, let's get rid of them and set up a single-player scheme.

I wonder why anyone gets medical coverage through Anthem? I suspect that mostly they don't have a choice — that mostly companies choose Anthem for their employees. Under that system, Anthem has no incentive to do a good job for its non-customers.

Right now, we have a government agency that makes regulations for insurance companies, which seek clever ways to shaft people through loopholes in those regulations. Having the government agency set the rules directly will give us more accountability over the rules.

Pence said that President Kim's latest military parade was a "provocation", but the bully's military parade would be a "celebration".

I would guess Kim says the reverse.

The US has allocated billions more in aid for Puerto Rico and other places affected by recent local disasters.

I would like to believe that this is a good thing, but I have to be skeptical given that Republicans had to approve it. Is the aid for Puerto Rico's power grid simply a handout to the private companies that it will be sold to?

Black Lives Matter is stimulating US blacks to form and join unions.

To fight sexual bullying among coworkers, how about focusing on the bullying aspect, rather than banning sexual relationships entirely?