December 14, 2009
Expanding Medicare is a Bad Idea
Expanding Medicare Is A Bad Idea In the political version of a Hail Mary pass, the Democrats last week announced a tentative agreement on a health care plan that was a complete departure from their earlier plans. Instead of a...
December 13, 2009
60 Minutes Again
60 Minutes, Again When Andy Rooney retires (which is probably any day now), the producers of 60 Minutes should enquire if Barack Obama would like to take his place in the rotation. For the fourth time since he was elected...
December 11, 2009
Mugged by Reality
Mugged By Reality Sarah Palin claimed, improbably, that she herself could have given the speech, saying that she herself had written similar words in her novel…er…I mean autobiography, plugging a book that probably doesn’t need to be plugged. Newt Gingrich...
December 10, 2009
Attacking the Wrong Team
Attacking the Wrong Team Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been pretty successful at keeping his small band of happy warriors together in battling the Democratic plan to socialize our nation’s medical system. He and his able staff have poked...
December 10, 2009
The Debt Ceiling
The Debt Ceiling One of the central paradoxes of life comes with debt. As any banker will tell you, the more debt you have, the more loans you can get. You just have to have a track record of paying...
December 9, 2009
On Lobbying
On Lobbying “Congress shall make no law respected an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition...