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I am not a health care analyst. Although I dabbled in macro health-related policy in graduate school, I could tell you very little about the intricacies of our health care system. But this post really doesn't have much to do with health care policy, rather it's my take as to how we got to where we are today.

This column is the second and final part of my series on life insurance for young professionals. Part one considered whether you, as a young professional, should purchase a life insurance plan.

If you’'re a young professional looking for a job, chances are you already know how important it is for you to have an online presence so recruiters can find you. So you probably have a Web site, Tweet regularly and update your blog. BrazenCareerist.com, a social networking site, allows you to organize the best of your online content in one place.

YPNation is rounding out Black History Month by spotlighting an outstanding "Young Professional of Color" each day this week. Today's pick is Jamail Larkins. Having accumulated more than 1,500 hours of flight time, Larkin's career, which took off at the age of 12, shows no signs of landing.

For more than thirty years, there hasn't been a new nuclear plant built in the United States. This is due to a number of reasons, including cost overruns, environmental lawsuits, political palatability and an unjustified fear of nuclear technology. That may all change with President Obama recently announcing support for nuclear power by giving his blessing and taxpayer dollars for two new nuclear plants in Georgia.

"I was glad to see YPNation Contributor Nikki Gloudeman share her thoughts on the "climategate" saga. It's hard to recall an event that has caused such excitement in conservative print media, and on talk radio and Fox News. And with some justification."

It's hard to believe it's been more than a decade since Bill Clinton faced impeachment for cheating on his wife. Now there's Tiger Woods, confronted with professional impeachment for cheating on his wife. It seems then, as now, America's favorite cause for brandishing the pitchfork is infidelity.

Much has been made about the similar circumstances surrounding Obama and Clinton's White House entrance, including a failed Bush presidency, eight-plus years of Republican reign, and a country hungry for change. As it turns out, both also had similar challenges their first year in office--strong opposition to a stimulus plan (though Obama was able to pass his, while Clinton wasn't), foreign policy critiques (on Somalia for Clinton and Afghanistan for Obama), and a country disgruntled over a "politics as usual" approach.

I would like to take a moment to respond to Mr. Uehling's comments on my previous blog, "My Generation at War," because he brings up some very good concerns shared by many. First, I consider it an honor that he, as a fellow veteran, took his time to share his reactions on such important topics that should be discussed and debated between his generation and mine in order to determine the lessons learned to pass on to future generations.

Darley Newman fell in love with horses and travel at an early age. And after paying her dues at networks such as CBS and The WB, Newman used her budding experience in television and merged her two passions to create an Emmy winning travel series, Equitrekking.

While most young professionals spend their days holed up in cubicles, Jared Talarski, 29, has made a career captaining a schooner and lending a hand to those in need. He spoke with YPNation about his sailing career and recent relief voyage to Haiti on the Liberty Schooner.

In late 2008, Shannon Varney, now 27, found himself in a difficult place. He had just lost his job as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs--a casualty of the economic crisis that had settled in--and prospects looked bleak. But his misfortune would take him down an unexpected path to an entirely new career.

I see overturning "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is again back on the agenda. Has it really been almost two decades since we last had a serious debate about this anachronism?

Editors at the New York Times recently asked, will parents be bankrolling their 40-something child? A good question given that many baby boomer parents are doing just that for their 20-something kids by paying for college, summer overseas adventures, and even post-graduation apartments. Sure, times are tough, but what happened to independence? To sinking or swimming on your own? Or to just plain hard work and living within your own means (and not your parents')?

All job-seeking young professionals should have a strong online presence, otherwise they are going to be completely overlooked by recruiters, personal branding expert Dan Schwabel said.

"Corporate Social Responsibility still evokes images of an underfunded handful of ideologues in a company who, in their spare time, collect canned goods for area homeless shelters or do some other sainted charity work."

Making a case for why we need to continue spending public money on social insurance programs, such as Social Security and Medicare