Michael Ryan is Closed-Minded to the Facts

Re: "The closed-minded professor," from the February 27th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

Once again, a conservative pundit knocks the president for being an intellectual by reminding everyone that he's a professor. The title of this editorial is ridiculous. As if republicans were open-minded. It may be true that the president rejected most republican ideas about health care, but it's at least equally true that republicans rejected his ideas.

Moreover, this column is hypocritical to the max. Countless letters to the editor have pointed out that the U.N. ranks the U.S. 37th in the world in quality of health care and JAMA ranks the U.S. 11th out of the 12 industrial nations in health care quality, yet in Mr. Ryan insisted that the U.S. has the best health care in the world. Surely, he's aware of the facts.

Instead, he ignores them and shouts out USA number 1 when in reality the richest country on earth ranks a disgraceful 37th.

Mr. Ryan is without a doubt far more close-minded than the president.

What a jerk!

In fact this entire editorial page is offensively one-sided and makes me want to cancel my subscription again. Unfortunately, I just renewed it. The only reason I take the Augusta Chronicle is for Georgia Bulldog football news. Otherwise, I would subscribe to USA Today.