Guest Commentary – ObamaCare
This guest commentary, by a well-known local physician, is his second where he explains the problems with medicine today and what is needed to address them. Discussion is welcome. First of all, what’s...
View ArticleObamaCare seems to be working
Forbes Magazine has an article about ObamaCare. It says it’s working. That should get some people riled up. You can read the whole thing here, but we cut it down to the essentials. The first statistics...
View ArticleThe GOP is cookin’ the books
This is a story about numbers. It’s also about twisting numbers to say something you want, or maybe making up those numbers to start with. Republicans who pushed to repeal President Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleSome Republicans need to take their meds
One definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome. If that’s true, then the Republicans in the US House are batshit loony. For the 33rd time, they will...
View ArticleWe’re going to ruin your day
Just a little over two months remains before the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2013. First...
View ArticleSomething good from obamacare
This is from a health insurance policy dug up by Consumer Reports a couple of years ago. Look at this and see if you have any idea what it’s saying. No lawyers allowed. Benefits are payable for Covered...
View ArticleVoting on the goofy stuff
A busy week in the House next week as lawmakers do the people’s business. The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, supposedly gives workers flexibility in trading overtime for comp time. It allows...
View ArticleLights on – anyone home?
When we say politicians live in a different universe, we’re talking about stuff like this. Maine State Ken Fredette is a Republican, which to some people gives him an excuse. They think different from...
View ArticleMy way or the highway
People from Texas are interesting. Outside of Hawaii, there is no other group so proud to be where they live. You talk to a Texan and they say they have the biggest and best of everything. Which leads...
View ArticleThere are no priorities
We were sitting here wondering why the 2016 Presidential Election campaign seems to be starting now. Good grief, it’s three years away. But instead of traveling down that road this morning, we decided...
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