With the Supreme Court likely to rule on the Affordable Care Act tomorrow, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what will happen afterwards.
Tag Archive: ObamaCare
Do Republicans Have an Alternative to Obamacare?
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Reviewing the Dueling Debt Speeches
Last night, both President and Obama gave speeches regarding the debt limit debate going on in Washington, D.C. I did not watch the speeches, but I did read the text of both of them. Here are my thoughts as I read them (if you would like to read them, you can read the president’s here, and the speaker’s here):
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The Failure of Compromise
Last week, in a post about redistricting, I noted that people are mistaken if they think that their vote actually elects their representative. Here’s another reason why your vote counts for less than you think: the representatives we send to Congress write very little of the governing law of our nation. Not that I’m trying to discourage you from voting or anything…
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The Real Reason Government Can’t Do Anything Well
Why do people complain about government? Why do conservatives say that everything the government does is inefficient? Why do some people want to privatize Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Education, and the post office? Why do a lot of people advocate for smaller government? One thing: price controls.
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2010: The Year in Review
So much has happened in 2010, so at the end of the year, I thought I’d look back at some of the milestones of 2010:
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ObamaCare Death Panels?
I was reading in the New York Times today an article entitled “Obama to Enact End-of-Life Plan that Caused Stir.” Do you remember when ObamaCare (rather, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was being debated, and there was this big kerfuffle about “death panels”?
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2012 Republican Presidential Contenders
In order of their current likelihood that they’ll end up the Republican nominee, here is my list of potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates:
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Blog of the Month: Best of the Web Today
I’ve been reading “Best of the Web Today” for several years now. If you want something that’s informative but at the same time snarky, snide, sarcastic and elitist, then this is the blog for you. It’s written by James Taranto, the editor of OpinionJournal.com (part of the Wall Street Journal–I know, I just lost half of you for saying that).
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Election Post-Mortem
Taking a page from Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post (though he did his before the election), here’s my election post-mortem:
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My first choice for Congress…
I don’t often campaign for people. In fact, I’ve only ever done it for two people in my entire life (short, though it may have been so far). When I lived in Wheaton, I worked for Peter Roskam’s first campaign, and he’s turned out to be a very good Congressman. When I moved to Naperville,…
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