My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.
It's vital that low-income Americans have access to communications services, including broadband Internet, which Lifeline helps to achieve.
As a native of Parsons, Kansas, a small town near the Oklahoma border, I have a deep respect for tribal nations in Oklahoma. But this federal spending in Oklahoma is outrageous. And excessive subsidies have made the state a playground for Lifeline fraud.
I discovered my path to independence through technology as well as the potential for a global lifeline for trans people around the world who were looking for the same.
Millions of nerdy kids who grew up in the 1980s could only find the components they needed at local Radio Shacks, and the stores were like a lifeline to a better world where everybody understood computers.
No matter how counter-intuitive it may seem, basic research has proven over and over to be the lifeline of practical advances in medicine.
Housing vouchers are a vital lifeline for many people I know in New Orleans and around the country, including struggling artists.
My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world.
The Great Bailout is mostly over for the banks. But for those troubled behemoths of the nation's housing bust, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the lifeline from Washington just keeps getting longer.
