It seems a natural feeling whether you are Republican or Democrat or Independent to be annoyed at the lack of ability to get anything done in Washington DC.  One could argue, its particularly disappointing that Obama hasn’t been able to accomplish anything despite a super majority in the House and Senate.  It often makes me wonder [...]

Well, first look at the size of the video screen!  I couldn’t get it to be any smaller with my blogging skills.  So I guess it kind of fits with the video itself.

I know much has been said about Congressmen not reading the healthcare bill.  But look at the size of it!!  It’s huge!!  John [...]

I propose that we secretly replace all medicine in America with placebos.  This will solve the health-care crisis as prescriptions and medicine can be distributed for free.
How can I make such a ludicrous suggestion?
First, as demonstrated by several recent drug trials, the placebo effect is becoming stronger! In fact, in several studies, as many patients [...]

We’ve all heard about the “F word” and the “N word.”  These words are not to be spoken by public officials or on TV.  Lately, there is a new dirty word that we do hear often by politicians and on TV.  It’s “preexisting condition.”  Ew, even typing it almost makes me feel like a bad [...]

He echoes what most of us have been writing on this blog.  via gregmankiw.blogspot.com
…there is our inefficient and inequitable system of tax-advantaged, employer-based health insurance. While the federal tax code promotes overspending by making the majority unaware of the true cost of their insurance and care, the code is grossly unfair to the self-employed, small [...]

This issue has been alluded to before on this blog, but many of America’s problems have been created by a lack of responsibility.  Liberals are moving us toward a society where more and more of the responsibility is placed on the government.  Communism and Socialism are all about central planning.  Citizens are told where to [...]

One of Obama’s biggest arguments for why Obamacare will save money is that increased preventive care will reduce the incidence of disease and thus reduce costs.  This is simply not true.
Preventive care is still medical care and Obama’s preventive care is all about tests and screenings and regular doctor visits.  Those tests and such cost [...]

I’ve always been interested in the impact of language on society/culture. For example, do cultures with a relatively large number of violent words in their language tend to be a more violent society? (Some also argue the reverse - that society itself determines the content of the vocabulary).  I have read studies that [...]

I have been on vacation and traveling for a while, so I’m a little out of the loop at the moment.  I did, however, read this op-ed in the WSJ the other day which I thought I would share.  Read it here.
A friend of mine pointed out this language to me:
Free people can treat each [...]

The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, has a passage that has always stuck with me. A powerful leader named Edward Toohey has gathered a group of aspiring artists, writers, architects, etc to form a “social council”. Their mission is to discuss and promote the “arts” that will appeal to the common man.
We find that [...]