RUSSIAN MUSIC AND ART

The Russian intelligence services attacked America at the direction of Vladimir Putin by hacking into the computers of our political parties and by spreading lies on the internet directed at influencing the opinions and votes of our people strategically to promote the election of Donald Trump, a stooge they compromised in a plot to influence our country and to sow division among our people. This was a bad thing. We must gain control of our nation at the ballot box ,and we must protect country by fighting back online as Putin has waged cyber war on us. Having said that, we should remember that not all Russians are bad. Putin has subjugated his own people more than he has done to us.
Also, we should never wage war on Russian music and art. To do so would deny us the enjoyment of the beauty that Russia has produced. To our credit, we have never done that. Even during the most contentious times of the Cold War we continued to enjoy the music of Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glazunov, to mention only a few of the great Russian composers.
We need to protect our democracy, but that does not mean denying ourselves the beauty of Russian music and art.

SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE VERSUS OBAMACARE WITH PUBLIC OPTION

Most of the many candidates for nomination to be the Democratic nominee to run for President in the 2020 election promote an affordable healthcare plan (Obamacare). The controversy is between those who advocate single payer (no private insurance, only government) and those who advocate Obamacare with a public option. I favor the latter. It is necessary for health care to be affordable for all people, good quality, and mandated for everyone. All health plans must meet standards for affordability and quality of care. Cheap health insurance plans that do not meet the government's standard of care should not be allowed. There should also be a quality reasonably priced public option. The reasons I favor the public option over single payer are as follows.
1. Single payer alone would do away with competition.
2. There is no reason to believe that a public health plan would be better than private (or vice versa).
3. Doing away with private health insurance would do away with expertise that has accumulated over years.
4. If public insurance turns out to be so much better than private that everyone turns to public and drives out private then so be it, but I doubt that would happen.