With the passing of Sen. Kennedy this week and all the other important stories that surfaced during what was supposed to be a ‘light’ news week ($2 trillion increase in the deficit projection, Bernanke’s reappointment, Holder’s CIA investigation, etc.), this article from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal titled “Health Care Secrets” is not likely to attract much [...]

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Tags: Government Transparency, health care debate

If you thought the worse thing about the Democrats’ health care bill was the public option, you’re in for a surprise. Today, CBS correspondent Declan McCullagh picked up on a blog post by Tom Giovanetti, President of the Institute for Policy Innovation of Texas, who dug deeper into the 1000 page tome that is the [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform, privacy issues, Role of Government

The idea of health care as a constitutional right has already been debunked. But if you thought that was a stretch, you might be shocked, or perhaps offended, by the newest distracting, exploitive position of some on the left – health care as a civil right. Some, like Jonathan Alter of Newsweek, believe that the left is losing the fight [...]

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Tags: capitalism, civil rights, health care debate, regulation

Guess I wasn’t that far off. ABC is reporting that:
In addition to concerns about the CIA’s reputation and its legal exposure, other White House insiders say Panetta has been frustrated by what he perceives to be less of a role than he was promised in the administration’s intelligence structure. Panetta has reportedly chafed at reporting [...]

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Tags: CIA, war on terror

Having spent the day running around the Daley Center today for my day job, I’m just now getting around to reading the news of the day. First stop: Drudge where there’s a link to an article reporting on the creation of a new interrogation unit, supervised by the White House, led by the FBI, but [...]

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Tags: CIA, war on terror

In this excellent article, Steven Malanga of The Manhattan Institute highlights the exceptional nature of health insurance as compared with other types of insurance. When it comes to health services rendered, our culture sees paying the bills out-of-pocket as the exception, not the norm. As Mr. Malanaga points out, most of us carry other types [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform

This evening, I had the pleasure of speaking with AIP’s own Rick Moran and Jazz Shaw of The Moderate Voice. We discussed health care, specifically the fate of the public option. During the course of our conversation, which you can find here if you’re inclined to listen, Rick mentioned an article by David Limbaugh that suggests that the administration’s [...]

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Tags: health care debate, public option, reconciliation

Looks like the left’s strategy is producing some results – with Best Buy, CVS and Wal-Mart pulling advertising from Beck’s show. I haven’t come across any information that indicates whether these companies are pulling all advertising from Fox, or are instead following in the footsteps of others who continue to market to Fox’s audience, just [...]

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Tags: boycott, Glenn Beck

Just eight months into his nascent presidency, a new Gallup poll shows that conservatives outnumber liberals in every single state. Except for in Washington D.C., a greater number of people consider consider themselves conservative over moderate or liberal. Looking at the numbers for each state, one wonders where all of these self-identified conservatives were on [...]

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Tags: health care debate

Topping the agenda at this week’s annual Canadian Medical Association is curing the ails of their medical system.
“Dr. Anne Doig says patients are getting less than optimal care and she adds that physicians from across the country – who will gather in Saskatoon on Sunday for their annual meeting – recognize that changes must be [...]

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Tags: Canadian health care system, health care debate, socialized health care