The Health Care on the table

It’s hard to imagine how anything very positive will come out of the President’s health care summit in Washington tomorrow.  An article in Politico describes the atmospherics and the haggles involved in detailed negotiations. A gaggle of congressional Democrats and Republicans will meet with the President at Blair House for about six hours, apparently all of [...]

Obamacare Opponents are “Evil-Mongers” say Harry Reid

Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has insulted many Americans by calling opponents of Obamacare ”evil-mongers,” just as fresh polls show support for the massive 1,000 page bill for government control over the U.S. healthcare system decreasing significantly among Independent voters. Reid coined the term in a speech to an energy conference in Las [...]

The Irresistible Spread Of Democracy: Iran

`My two dogs tied to a tree by a ten foot leash kept howling and whining for an hour till I let them off. Now they are lying quietly on the grass a few feet further from the tree and haven’t moved since I let them off. Freedom may be only an idea but it’s [...]