There’s been a lot of Ronald Reagan worshipping going on in Washington this week–among Democrats. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed a bill that will create a commission to plan events to celebrate what would have been Ronald Reagan’s 100th … Read more »
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, is circulating draft legislation designed to overhaul the nation’s health care system. This so-called “draft of a draft” is the first piece of concrete health reform … Read more »
AFTER watching the farce surrounding Dick Cheney’s coming-out party this month, you have to wonder: Which will reach Washington first, change or the terrorists? If change doesn’t arrive soon, terrorists may well rush in where the capital’s fools now tread.… Read more »
Citing her “rigorous intellect” and her “commitment to impartial justice,” President Obama yesterday nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appeals judge from New York, to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. Legal scholars argue that her record … Read more »
Congress continues to work on a compromise health-care reform proposal, focusing on whether to offer a government-financed public health insurance plan. Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) suggested that “Republicans were open to considering a public plan as an option…as … Read more »
Today, President Obama will unveil “the first-ever national emission limits for cars and trucks,” a move that Sierra Club President Carl Pope says is “one of the most significant efforts undertaken by any president, ever, to end our addiction to … Read more »
Congress is struggling to answer President Obama’s call for energy reform, even as our climate and economy continue to degrade. Deadly storms and floods have left Alaska, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Illinois, and Arkansas in states of emergency, as wildfires … Read more »
When Bush 41 was ramping up to the Gulf War, assembling a coalition to fight Saddam, Jimmy Carter sent a letter to members of the U.N. Security Council urging them not to rush into conflict without further exploring a negotiated … Read more »
Is this the end for Harry and Louise?
Harry and Louise were the fictional couple who appeared in advertisements run by the insurance industry in 1993, fretting about what would happen if “government bureaucrats” started making health care decisions. The … Read more »
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told us last week that the country’s 19 largest banks had passed the stress tests. There are good reasons for questioning the results of these tests.
For example, the bad scenario used in the tests assumed … Read more »
