That title up there, it turns out, is a little bit misleading. Yesterday a "public option" – comfty code for nationalized health care – seemed almost an anachronism. At least that’s what Kathleen Sebelius appeared to think, and she of all people should know – she is America's "health czarina,"
Read story »Conservative Catfight: Palin’s In The Middle, Mande’s On Top
So last week conservative columnist Kathleen Parker published in the Washington Post a pseudo-subversive op-ed exposing the reasons for all the "Obamacare" blowback. Regionalism and racism, Parker's twin culprits, are what's apparently driving all the "un-American" pandemonium going down at a town hall
Read story »Here’s Something You Don’t Know About Socialized Medicine
Between Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. government insured nearly 100 million Americans in 2008. Let us break it down for you: The government already owns almost one-third of all health insurance policies, the worth of which accounts for about half of all health care expenditures. With reform or
Read story »How’s This For a War Crime?
Either Hamas is even more deranged than we imagined, or the Israeli military is even more intrepid than we believed. The Palestinian politico-terror group has accused Israel of plying Gaza youth ... with chewing gum laced with an aphrodisiac, of all things. According to Hamas, Israel wants to
Read story »Kim Jong: Ill
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is dying of pancreatic cancer, according to South Korean intelligence. We're not sure why anybody except South Koreans cares about Kim's health. But we're guessing this is all over American media because the U.S. is anxious for an opportunity - like Kim's death -
Read story »Sex Sells: BK Versus CK
So great was the ruckus over a recent Calvin Klein ad that this week the company yanked it from a New York City billboard. The ad depicted a foursome of sorts – one which had the audacity to involve only one girl. Whatever, right? Fast forward to today, when I saw the ad for the new Burger
Read story »In Iran, It’s A Woman’s World
Meandering around the Iran-drenched internet, the thing that stands out is who it is that’s leading the insurgency. Unusual suspects though they are, Iranian women have seeded a revolution. Surprisingly, I'm not talking about Neda Agha-Sultan, the protester whose slaughter was captured on video
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