I agree with this WSJ article by Orrin Hatch, J. Kenneth Blackwell, and Kenneth A. Klukowski that the Senate health care reform bill is unconstitutional, representing an extension of federal power far beyond what was envisioned, intended, or allowed by … Continue reading →
…it’s in some big kind of trouble. Herbert is ordinarily one of the most stalwart supporters of whatever the left might be dishing up at the moment. But his relatively clear-minded and well-reasoned opposition to the Cadillac health insurance tax … Continue reading →
Now that it’s nearly a year into Obama’s presidency, I find myself having a recurrent experience: I’ll go back and read something from the past, but now with the perspective provided by the passage of time I experience an “aha!” … Continue reading →
Please take a look at my new article at Pajamas Media, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Social Justice.” The subject is health care reform, but the real subject is the threat to liberty represented by the left’s agenda and … Continue reading →
Iowahawk gives us all a Christmas present. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry! Just read it.
Continue reading →Yep, it’s a historic vote all right. A milestone (or is that millstone?)—setting a new record in partisan-driven, mendacious, incoherent legislation that ignores the will of the American people while affecting our lives in the most intimate of matters. President … Continue reading →
I was thinking today that the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) serves no useful purpose anymore. It’s not allowed to tell the truth. Instead, it has become the tool of a Congress willing, eager, and all too skilled at tailoring legislation … Continue reading →
NOT. Here’s our President, making one of his oft-reiterated promises on the subject, way back in August: As Joe Wilson would say: you lie. And here’s law professor Richard Epstein back in September, explaining the House bill and Obama’s lies: … Continue reading →
You may have heard the buzz that there’s a provision in the Senate health care bill that it can only be repealed with a 2/3 super-majority of the Senate. That seems impossible and unconstitutional. But it appears to have been … Continue reading →
Nelson caves. No surprise. I hadn’t even written about the issue previously, because I never thought he wouldn’t be bought in just this manner. My guess is that, once the Senate passes this abomination (Merry Christmas, citizens of the US!), … Continue reading →
I have a question, and Google hasn’t given me an answer yet. So I’m throwing it out here for my very erudite commenters to tackle: If Democrats lose seats in the 2010 Congressional elections, and then enough representatives vote to … Continue reading →
Senate Democrats have devised bill after bill on health care reform, with provision after provision, only to be unsuccessful in getting the sixty votes required. Now, public opinion has tanked in its support for all of the bills. And yet … Continue reading →