The Process of Progress
The Patient’s Bill of Rights was the latest band-aid that the political class tried to apply to the open wound of the US health care system. But even that was pared down to an ineffectual nub....
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It’s nice to hear that progressives in Congress have insisted that the “public option” is non-negotiable in crafting health care reform legislation (despite some comments from Rahm Emanuel.) The irony...
View ArticleThe Debate So Far…
Honestly, I try to ignore Glenn Beck. But he’s been on a roll lately. Calling Obama a racist, then a communist, then joking about poisoning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, then imploring his followers not...
View ArticleShill Kill Bill
In what universe does a public official shirk her responsibilities and yet dominate the public discourse with a Facebook note to such an extent that responsible legislation gets dumped out of fear of...
View ArticleTime Ironizes Everything
Posting late today, so I’ll keep the production notes brief. This toon took a lot of photo-referencing: in order of appearance, Boss Tweed (based on Thomas Nast’s caricature, of course); Teddy...
View ArticleHomework Front
I meant to post this last Tuesday, the day of President Obama’s address to students. That would have been really, really, really timely. But I have kids of my own starting school, one entering...
View ArticlePathetic Options
On Sunday the Boston Globe reported that Democratic U.S. Senators were “buoyed” by the weekend wrangle for 60 votes just to debate health care reform; and “expressed optimism” that something called a...
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