The latest twist in the saga about health care reform concerns a potential compromise on the issue of a new government health insurance plan. It’s the so-called “public option” that would allow people to get their health insurance from the federal government if they couldn’t find affordable coverage in the private market.
Critics claim it will [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The Opt-Out Option
October 27, 2009
Where’s Plan B?
October 21, 2009
Every city homeowner (myself included) would love to see a lower property tax rate.
On Wednesday, that’s what the Mayor promised as the city’s Board of Estimates approved a land deal to allow for the construction of a slots facility near the football stadium.
The deal is structured in such a way, the Mayor said, to provide [...]
Benching Rush
October 15, 2009
Rush Limbaugh has made a ton of money with his daily rants that rely heavily on insults and, in some cases, comments that many consider to be offensive. This, of course, is Rush’s right—to say exactly what he thinks or what he thinks his listeners want to hear.
But there’s another side of this coin. [...]
A New Low
October 9, 2009
I thought it was pretty low of the President’s critics to cheer Chicago’s loss of the Olympics—all as a means to relish Obama’s failure to sway the IOC. Nothing like rooting against the country.
Then came the surprise announcement that Obama had won the Nobel Prize for Peace.
The critics are beside themselves—calling the decision “cheap” and [...]
Here’s The Beef
October 5, 2009
Recently, while visiting North Carolina, a waitress in a restaurant asked my friend who’d ordered a hamburger, “would you like that well done or medium well?” My friend said she preferred her burger more rare. The waitress replied that wasn’t an option. State law wouldn’t permit it.
I was surprised at the time but, after [...]
The Rookies’ Mistake
October 2, 2009
There’s an old rule of thumb that good courtroom lawyers try to follow:
In front of a jury, never ask a question to which you don’t know the answer.
The White House needs to take up a slight variation to the rule:
In front of the world, never put the President in a situation about which you [...]
