Liberal blogger Matt Yglesias charges that Republicans are “hoping that they can stall long enough for Robert Byrd to die” in order to derail Democrats’ sweeping health care plans. The fact is that Senator Byrd has lacked the mental and physical capacity to perform his duties for several years, perhaps a decade or longer. The…
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Dem. Senator Bennet Idealistic, Wrong on Health
Interim Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is obviously an idealist, as his recent interview with CNN indicates. His response to the question that many vulnerable representatives are asking themselves gives it away: “If you get to the final point and you are a critical vote for health care reform and every piece of evidence tells you…
Government Medicine Ethics
Sarah Palin is making waves by saying that the Democrats’ mega-healthcare plan – which seems likely to pass the House at any moment – will give government the power of life and death over the elderly and infirm. Of course this is true. Of course it is. It’s simple common sense that whoever controls the…
Democrats Making Health Care Worse
Paul Krugman wonders how health care will work after the Democrats’ proposed reforms pass through Congress. That question may be premature, although it’s a good bet that they will pass something “ugly”, in the words of Steven Hayes. Here’s my prediction: If Democrats succeed in forcing a publicly-funded health care plan into law, it will…
The Cost of Keeping Michelle Obama Happy
What does it cost to keep the First Lady of the United States primped and coiffed and contented? A lot, lot more than it used to, Dr. Paul L. Williams says. Michelle Obama: “In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me…
Dick Cheney, Still Defending America
Here is the full prepared text of former VP Dick Cheney’s most recent speech defending the Bush administration’s record on national security. It deserves to be read, even studied by every freedom-loving person around the world. Also see the Weekly Standard’s highlighted excerpts.
Rushing Sheila Jackson-Lee
Rush Limbaugh had this to say about Houston’s own Sheila Jackson-Lee, who had earlier impugned his character on the floor of the House of Representatives: “I wonder if Ms. Jackson Lee has any regard for the truth. Does she have any regard for hoping, desiring to sound intelligent and knowledgeable, or is she content to…
Re: The Unambiguous Meaning of the Cross
Steve Benen finally gets something right when he says that the meaning of the cross the VFW put up in the New Mexico desert some 75 years ago is unambiguous. Too bad he doesn’t have a clue that the crystal-clear meaning is the purpose and meaning of the country he lives in. Doltish liberals like…
Follies of Health Care Centralization
The Congressional Budget Office says that Senator Max Baucus’ draft of a health care reform bill including a public option for health insurance will reduce the federal budget deficit by $81B over 10 years. Not bad, if true, and that remains to be seen. Republican leader Mitch McConnell labeled the CBO report “irrelevant.” “What matters…
Olympic-sized Narcissism?
Just exactly what motivated the Obama’s much-ballyhooed trip to Denmark to bring the Olympic Games back to their home town of Chicago? George Will and other conservative are claiming narcissism played a major role in the debacle. But is that really true? Frankly I think the answer is “Yes”, in part. President Obama frequently seems…