The 2009 version of the debate over health care reform is feeling an awful like Groundhog Day. Been here, done that.
Today, a Louisiana Congressman asked: “what’s the rush?”
Oh, nothing really Congressman….except the costs keep skyrocketing and more and more folks keep losing insurance. (14,000 a day)
I guess it’s hard for the folks on Capitol Hill [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Health Care Reform
July 23, 2009
Sachs’ Record Profits
July 15, 2009
The champagne must be popping in the Wall Street digs of Goldman Sachs.
Never mind that the rest of the country (and world, for that matter) is still struggling with the worst economy since the Great Depression. Never mind that the unemployment rate continues to rise and now threatens to hit 10 percent.
Goldman has just posted [...]
Accountability
July 10, 2009
The silence this week has been deafening from those involved with the juvenile justice system—and 17-year-old Lamont Davis.
Davis is accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl who was caught in crossfire.
Here’s what we’ve reported about Davis.
Prior to the shooting, he was arrested 13 times for crimes such as carjacking, robbery, and assaulting his teenaged girlfriend.
Just before [...]
Palin’s Next Step
July 7, 2009
Think of what regular old milk chocolate tastes like after you’ve had the really good stuff. Or a fast food burger compared to one at a glitzy steak house.
Does that explain what’s going on with Sarah Palin?
Her candidacy as a VP candidate last fall rocketed her to national fame; exposed her to adoring followers; and [...]
A Free Press?
July 3, 2009
Troubling questions face the venerable Washington Post.
A front page New York Times story exposes a plan (first reported by Politico) concocted to raise money at the Post—by charging up to $250,000 to lobbyists and the like to have “off the record” dinners with lawmakers and administration officials. The dinners were to be hosted by [...]
