A modicum of common sense would’ve told you that you can’t save money by offering health care to more people. But President Obama and Democrats in Congress fed the Congressional Budget Office a load of manure and got back their desired lie – we’ll extend the solvency of Medicare, provide insurance to 34 million more […]
The so-called dean of the Washington commentariat is still blissfully doing backstrokes in the tank filled with Obama Kool-Aid. We are beginning to learn that the Obama presidency will be an era of substantial but deferred accomplishments — perhaps always to be accompanied by a sense of continuing crisis. His vaunted "cool" allows him to […]
Courtesy of Allahpundit over at Hot Air comes this bit of comedy gold. The law apparently bars members of Congress from the federal employees health program, on the assumption that lawmakers should join many of their constituents in getting coverage through new state-based markets known as insurance exchanges. But the research service found that this […]
John Weidner over at RandomJottings makes an excellent point on what will eventually occur as the comparative effectiveness panels under the new health care regime begin to make life and death decisions about medical treatment. Imagine a person is made a slave because our law allows it. And another person is made a slave because […]
If you haven’t read this brief post by Victor Davis Hanson over at National Review Online, then you should do so now. A sample: Any initial delight that the world's masses found in a post-national, post-racial, charismatic young American president will begin to be eclipsed by their leaders' realpolitik calculations, both old friends and enemies […]
Last year, when one iteration of the health care bill introduced us to “comparative effectiveness panels” that would decide on what sorts of medical treatments would get paid for under the new health care regime, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin referred to them as “death panels.” That earned her a “Pants on Fire” and “lie […]
The problem with requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions is that the companies are therefore not really offering “insurance.” If you crash your car and the next day go to Flo at Progressive Insurance, pay your premium and then immediately file a claim, prepare to serve some time in the slammer for fraud. In […]
National Journal’s Stuart Taylor has a good article on President Barack Obama’s nominee to a spot on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Goodwin Liu. Elections have consequences and this is what you get when you elect a big-time liberal. • Racial preferences without end. In 2003, in a panel discussion held by the progressive […]
The previous post got me thinking about what’s going to happen with Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Since President Obama came into office, his official policy has been to reach out to the Iranian regime. The appearance of Iran’s Green movement in the wake of that country’s stolen election caused him some problems. He wanted […]
President Barack Obama lives in the kind of world that I’d love to live in. Everyone (except those Tea Partiers) is reasonable and considers first the common good for all humanity. No one seeks to enrich themselves at their neighbor’s expense. No one seeks revenge over ancient insults. No nation dominates another. Unfortunately, this is […]