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Auto Insurance Works - So Why Doesn't Health Insurance?
Those looking for solutions to America’s health insurance bills can see a lot to admire in the auto insurance market. Auto coverage purchasers throughout the country have a wide choice of providers, a fair number of different options within those plans, and benefit from vigorous price competition …We Interrupt this Healthcare Debate to Bring You a Culture War
Faced with an opportunity to debate and discuss ambitious plans to reform the country's costly healthcare system, everybody seems simultaneously to have decided: "Nah, healthcare's boring. We'd rather talk about race!" EJ Dionne once wrote an entire book arguing that Americans hate politics …Honduran "Coup": Evidence Suggests Zelaya Planned to Steal Referendum
An investigation of former President Manuel Zelaya’s Presidential Palace found several computers with data suggesting that Zelaya had already planned out the fraudulent results of the referendum that was scheduled for the day he was removed from office. According to Europa Press , a Spanish …Decoding Rudy Giuliani's AEI Speech
Yesterday, Rudy Giuliani gave an ambitious, campaign-style speech at the American Enterprise Institute. This was a speech for a national, not a state audience. Could Rudy Giuliani be contemplating another presidential run? Yesterday, Rudy Giuliani gave an ambitious, campaign-style speech at the …Rush is Wrong: You Don't Have to be a Loudmouth to be Brave
When I heard Rush Limbaugh's statement that moderates cannot be brave or great, it so happened that I had on my desk several books about moderate Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It takes considerable gall for Limbaugh, who found reasons not to volunteer for the Vietnam War, to deny the …Obama's Presser: Evasive and Simplistic
Last night, President Obama needed to rally support for a flawed House bill and a yet-to-released Senate bill, without getting caught up in either the details or the process. The end result was a campaign-style event, with a great stump speech, several solid one-liners, and a complete lack of …Obamacare: A Payoff to the Most Leftist Groups
The loss of the support of the National Federation of Independent Business for healthcare reform could nicely symbolize the crucial decisions of the first few months of the Obama Administration. First the stimulus, and now healthcare have been written as ideological payoffs to the left-most faction …Single Payer in America
The VA saves money by using older drugs rather than the newest available. This choice saves money. But it also shortens lives. The Manhattan Institute reminds us of this study of the Veterans Administration by Frank Lichtenberg of Columbia University and the National Bureau of Economic Research. …Democratic Face, Democratic Teeth
President Obama had some nice things to say about selected Republicans in his press conference tonight. But the person actually overseeing the writing of the healthcare bill, Nancy Pelosi, had a very different message in an interview with the Washington Post today. President Obama had some nice …F-22 R.I.P.
Grim news. Shortsighted. Good day for China. Intentional screwing of the defense industry, victory for the vaporware pork bonanza that is the F-35. Etc. Grim news. Shortsighted. Good day for China. Intentional screwing of the defense industry, victory for the vaporware pork bonanza that is the …You Are Not Forgotten
By now most of you have seen the Taliban propaganda video of the captured American soldier. While Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl's family go through their personal sort of living hell, it is important to remember other Americans held captive overseas who have faded from the front pages. UPDATE 21 JUL 09: The …