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Obamacare Isn't Happening
Five months ago, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that Obama would achieve a transformational healthcare victory by the August recess. Now Senator Feingold is predicting that there will not be a bill before Christmas. Five months ago, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that Obama …The Elderly Say "No"
People on Medicare are often suspicious of expanded government involvement in healthcare, because they see it as competing with Medicare for scarce dollars. Tom Schaller asks : "Why are senior citizens crying "socialism" at town halls?" As we like to say in academia: I don't know the answer, …
We Are the World
If any venturesome soul would like to see my work translated into Arabic, click here . If any venturesome soul would like to see my work translated into Arabic, click here .Mugwump Nation
My latest bookshelf rides a favorite hobbyhorse: a defense of the Mugwumps of the 1880s. My latest bookshelf rides a favorite hobbyhorse: a defense of the Mugwumps of the 1880s.The Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age
To the extent that anybody remembers them at all, the Mugwumps of the 1870s and 1880s get predominantly negative press. Yet while as a movement for political power the Mugwumps failed, their ideas for reform overwhelmingly prevailed. To the extent that anybody remembers them at all, the …Breaking Faith with Those Who Defended Us
Attorney General Holder has decided to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate supposed abuses by CIA operatives. In interviews with NewMajority, former CIA employees expressed their shock and stressed that there is no basis for the appointment of a prosecutor. Attorney General Holder has …Universal Coverage: We Have to Build on What We’ve Got
There is no way to move from the current system to a system where everyone is insured without cutting back on their benefits and thereby angering them considerably. Instead, Republicans should endorse universal healthcare access within the system we already have. Tens of millions of Americans …Nothing Personal, Paterson's Just a Bad Governor
New York's Democratic Governor David Paterson stated this week that the media is treating him unfairly because he is African-American, and that this is the reason for his low standing in the polls. New York's Democratic Governor David Paterson stated this week that the media is treating him …A History Lesson for Truman Admirers
Recently, economist John Nye praised Harry Truman for his economic policies. But the credit really belongs with the "do-nothing" Republican Congress that pushed those policies, against Truman's will. Like most right-minded fans of economics, I love the George Mason University Econ department and …My Friend, Murdered Over Lockerbie
My friend, Hanne-Marie Maijala, was brilliant and beautiful and kindhearted. On Dec. 21, 1988, Hanne-Marie boarded Pan Am flight 103 for what would become an abbreviated one-way trip. Hanne-Marie Maijala Maybe it's because I'm of Scottish descent that I feel so ashamed today. Maybe it's …