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The Face of "Bipartisanship", The Sequel

Friday, October 2, 2009

Tony Romm of The Hill reports that the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee made it clear on Thursday that not only were Republicans not going to have a seat at the table as the Senate reconciles the two proposals in play, but that a strong  “public option” will be a [...]

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And “Bipolar” is Code for…?

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I can forgive ignorance – I’m ignorant about any number of topics; it’s the human condition.  We’re born with our instincts, and we spend the rest of our lives filling our noodles up with information, some useful and profitable and some delightful and fun to know.   As the frail and limited beings that we are, [...]

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Health Care Quote of the Year

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Best quote of the year – that’s it in a nutshell. From an e-mail circulating with links to Thomas Sowell’s excellent series on the Obama health care proposal.  It’s a very good read.

Let me get this straight.  Obama’s health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it, passed [...]

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The Government is to Health Insurance as Microsoft is to Linux

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

My dad was a big fan of critical thinking; I think that for some reason colleges of his era taught critical thinking methods, and there were quite a few men and women of his age that actually enjoyed thinking and running through the little exercises they played at to sharpen their thinking skills.  I don’t [...]

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