I’ve been in New York taking a little time out for the last few days, so things have been pretty quiet around here. But, I wanted to take time to let everyone know about Patients First, a site I was made aware of by Katie Favazza, my fabulous former editor at AIP who is now [...]

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Tags: health care debate, Role of Government

Yesterday, while listening to the President’s remarks at the Pentagon, I was struck by the apathy, the flatness of the words he chose and the language he used to describe the 9/11 attacks.
The President remarked:
“Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and who plot against us still. In defense [...]

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Tags: Role of Government, war on terror

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

For Rep. Anh Cao (R-La.), his vote against Democrats’ health care bill may just be “the death of [his] political career.”
Rep. Cao represents an overwhelmingly Democratic district in New Orleans. Cao is one of seven Republicans whom Democrats have chosen to pursue strongly, hoping to convince him to change to his vote. They are [...]

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

This week, the House passed a bill that imposes further regulations on financial firms – on executive pay which is bad enough in itself, and to add insult to injury, on the way those firms and employees do business. The bill is“aimed at preventing financial firms from adopting compensation systems that encourage excessive risk-taking.” Once [...]

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Tags: business concerns, capitalism, economic crisis, regulation, Role of Government

It has now been 190 days since the stimulus bill was passed. Back in February, President Obama spoke before Congress and stated, “the recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we’re taking to revive our economy in the short-term.” Today, Vice President Biden defended the stimulus, arguing it “was intended to provide steady [...]

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Tags: Government Inefficiency, health care debate, Role of Government, Stimulus

President Obama wants to add yet another czar, a Health Choices Commission czar this time, to the growing list of these unelected officials that are handpicked by the President and go through absolutely no confirmation process. A Virginia paper recently asked, “how many czars can fit into the West Wing?” The same editorial points out [...]

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Tags: czars, erosion of states rights, health care czar, Role of Government

Yesterday, in his weekly address, President Obama called on Americans to “summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago”.
This is one time when I can get behind President Obama’s sentiments – although he may not like my reasons for it. What Obama failed to recognize in making that statement [...]

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Tags: Cap-and-Trade, capitalism, government spending, health care debate, Role of Government, Stimulus

This week, the wacky government of Venezuela banned Coke Zero from being sold in the country. Citing harmful ingredients, it claimed to be protecting the health of its citizens, while the government purports to conduct an investigation into potentially dangerous ingredients in the soft drink.
In reality, the move has nothing to do with the safety [...]

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Tags: business concerns, capitalism, Role of Government, Venezuela