The claim that the House bill would amount to "government-run health care" suffered a blow last week, when the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the so-called "public plan" in the revised bill wouldn't offer much in the way of competition to private insurers.
Smoking bans are effective at reducing the risk of heart attacks and heart disease associated with exposure to secondhand smoke, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Jon Stewart examines Fox "News" Claims of a clear division between news and opinion, and finds it lacking to say the least.
The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has been linked to risks for obesity, diabetes, and heart disease; therefore, a compelling case can be made for the need for reduced consumption of these beverages.
Gov. Rick Perry replaced the chairman and two members of the state's Forensic Science Commission, two days before the commission was to hear evidence that Texas executed an innocent man.
The dispute involves Henke pointing out the problems with WNDs claims
Many prominent objections to reform involve fear mongering.
There's been some hysteria about the administration's new estimate that the cumulative deficit will be $9 trillion over the next decade. Don't get me wrong: this is bad. But it's being treated as an inconceivable sum, far beyond anything that could possibly be handled.
"Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, called this 'downright evil,' and asserted the elderly would have to stand in front of a 'death panel so [President Obama's] bureaucrats can decide ... whether they are worthy of health care.'
When one side of a debate considers open, honest discussion to be the enemy, it says quite a bit about the integrity of their argument.
It's almost comical. Bush created a torture policy; Obama ended the torture policy. So, naturally, Limbaugh tells his audience that Obama supporters "voted for torture."
There's no doubt that Alaska's state government has been paralyzed since Palin's return, with anger and frustration emanating from both the governor's office and the state legislature. All of Palin's major bills failed to pass this year's first 90-day session.
A report by inspectors general from five intelligence agencies said the administration's tight control over who learned of the program also contributed to flawed legal arguments that nearly prompted mass resignations in the Justice Department five years ago.
The political establishment's hubristic refusal to consider how other countries manage health care is encapsulated in the cliché "uniquely American," which is what Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the lead legislator on health care reform, says he wishes his bill to be.
On CSPAN this morning, Senator Tom Coburn made the case against a government-run insurance plan on the strange grounds that a government-run health care delivery system would be ineffective.
House Republicans are preparing to vote en bloc against the $106 billion war-spending bill, a position once unthinkable for the party that characterized the money as support for the troops.
McAllen has another distinction, too: it is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. Only Miami—which has much higher labor and living costs—spends more per person on health care.
Rick Scott, a former hospital company chief executive, leads a group called Conservatives for Patients' Rights. He was forced to resign as C.E.O.
"You lied. You misled. You twisted the truth beyond recognition. Together, you may not have learned much, but you certainly sounded convincing to the unsuspecting ear. And that's what really matters right? History, science, economics, pre-med, pre-law...
In a closely watched case involving the confluence of justice, politics and money, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the Constitution can require an elected judge to step aside in a particular case based on campaign spending in state judicial races.
Liberty University will no longer recognize its campus Democratic Party club [allegedly] because its parent organization stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.
As a Democrat and longtime resident of Washington, D.C., I've always found the capital more congenial when my party was out of power. Partly that's because I make my living as a journalist.
Ms. Pelosi said that at the sole briefing she attended as the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee in September 2002, the only mention of waterboarding by C.I.A. officials was that while it was deemed to be legal, the technique was not being used. Ms.
Hmm, not a great moment.
The claim that the House bill would amount to "government-run health care" suffered a blow last week, when the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the so-called "public plan" in the revised bill wouldn't offer much in the way of competition to private insurers.
Smoking bans are effective at reducing the risk of heart attacks and heart disease associated with exposure to secondhand smoke, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Jon Stewart examines Fox "News" Claims of a clear division between news and opinion, and finds it lacking to say the least.
Watch Jon Stewart's hilarious take-down of Fox "News," using their own claims about the difference between their news and opinion programming to demonstrate that they are not a news network.
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You are a lawyer that thinks he is smarter than everyone, Arrogance is your calling card. You and lawyers like you are the reason for people calling 911 over a juice box, and why there is no truth in politics. How do you KNOW that there is no evidence to the claims about the dealerships, you don't, you never will. Did you defend Clinton when he said "I did not have sexual relations with that woman",as we looked into his eyes on TV.I bet you did and still do. Even after he admitted it, so how are people to know what the truth is, when lawyers like you try to obstruct and hide it.
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You were the first person I added to my watchlist and never regretted it - I get smarter when I read your comments. Thanks.
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Left of center but quite all right by me. Analytical, astute, and often among the first to slice statistics and semantics to the core. To avoid a Catch22 is to miss out on many insightful thought provoking contributions across the vine.
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Congratulations on your lifetime achievement so soon after starting here.
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Short, to-the-point, and never misses a beat. Nice to see others that believe in what a country was founded on, not how things are currently being twisted.
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Nice to see a fellow Plastician showing the ignorants the harsh facts.
Glad you're here man.
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