The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 15.8 percent of Americans lived in poverty last year, using an alternative method to analyze their numbers provided by the National Academy of Sciences. This is significantly higher than the...
Look, I’m all for more decentralized solutions to health care, but the government simply needs to play a role in setting the rules. Rick Ungar provides at least one good reason why that is.
James Joyner points us to this bit of union badness from Mickey Kaus: I knew they’d find a way to punish Ford: The new UAW contract with Ford apparently does not give America’s surviving non-bankrupt automaker parity...
I’m embarrassed to say that I once had a little bit of respect for Bobby Jindal. I mean, his retrograde social views notwithstanding, he seemed to be exactly what I was looking for in...
Justin, a Friend of the Blog, isn’t terribly happy with the language Rep. Grayson (infamously?) used to describe the Republican health care alternative: There is no sense in which the Republicans want people to...
David Rivkin and Lee Casey take to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to claim that any individual insurance mandate would “likely” fail to pass Constitutional muster under even a modern understanding of...
The health care debate is ramping up. We now have a bill going forward in the Senate and one in the House, and pretty soon the twain shall meet. In the midst of all...
by Dan Summers I watched President Obama’s speech last night with interest. As an unabashed supporter of health care reform, I was heartened by how clearly the President described the intentions of his reform...
Well I listened to President Obama’s speech on NPR last night whilst playing with my daughter and Curious George. Suffice to say, I didn’t catch the entire thing, though what I did catch sounded...
President Obama’s two biggest problems politically are 1. a frankly crazy and irresponsible minority GOP party (with plenty of enablers to be sure) and 2. His own party affiliation. In the immortal words of...
As I’m sure most of you have noticed by now, I write (and think!) a fair amount about racial politics. Indeed, it goes beyond my blogging – a good chunk of my undergraduate education...
In light of Max Baucus’ now circulating health care bill, Josh Marshall asks if he is “the only one who thinks that if the Dems pass a bill with mandates and subsidies for poor...
David Frum comes out in favor of Wyden-Bennett and against the Club for Growth’s recent attacks on Senator Bennett. He points out that the very things the Club for Growth are attacking in Wyden-Bennett...
1. It is disheartening to watch conservatives take up the mantle of Defenders of Medicare, even going so far as to propose a “Senior Citizens’ Bill of Rights.” It’s really tremendously frustrating and cynical. ...
Read a wide range of views on whether it’s time for conservatives to embrace universal coverage over at New Majority.
Via Pandagon: Democrats are choosing to “go it alone” without the country if they opt to pass healthcare reform on a party-lines basis, one Republican congressman accused Thursday. “If they go it alone without...
Charlie Cook, of Cook Political Report fame, is very good at what he does, and when he says that the Democrats are looking at significant losses in next year’s midterm elections, it’s worth paying...
By way of this post, Matt Yglesias explains why he likes Brad DeLong’s “totally unrealistic health care plan.” First, to boil down DeLong’s rather long post on the subject, let me lift this excellent...
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25That's hilarious. Also I appreciate the clarification that it was a parody (as far as we know). :)
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25and Jimmy Carter being secretly replaced with an android. That was a joke in a movie (parody). There… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yes. The only good news is the darker ideas of over throwing the gov would require more organization… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Oh good lord. Years ago when I worked in downtown DC I used to encounter a guy near Union Station pa…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25OK, you didn't read the article you posted.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Let's leave that to the nutters in Florida. https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/desantis-announces-sup…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Do you feel that people who try to use rational thought should be policed and shamed?
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25YOU CANT USE RATIONAL THOUGHTS WHEN ANALYZING TRUMP’S ACTIONS. THERE ARE NO PLANS. THERE JUST THE RA…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Precisely.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Typical drivel. Can't answer a question, can't stay on topic. Instead you wander into what you want…
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