Insurance is all about risk. Medicare is an insurance program, and it works because it pools together everyone in the Medicare-eligible age group—whether they’re
Category: Politics
Where’s the real Romney?
Remember in 2008 when the process of running for President seemed to drain John McCain of most of the qualities that had once made
Pollster asks: “If Todd Akin dropped out…”
As annoying as robo-pollsters can be, it’s often worth picking up the phone, answering the questions, and sticking with it until the end, because
Will Romney and Ryan take America to war?
Since Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have so little experience with foreign affairs, it’s difficult to predict the direction of their foreign policy should
Ryan’s fiscal hypocrisy
In a world of 24 hours news, this story s a little old. (A whole week! *gasp*) I found it on NPR, but it
DNC bails out of bailed-out Bank of America
The Democratic National Committee is moving its money. It’s taking its money out of the bailed-out Bank of America and putting it into union-owned
Democratic Party to take moral stand in support of gay marriage
In unanimous decision on July 29, the drafting committee for the Democratic National Convention embraced marriage equality as part of the platform for the
Wealth doesn’t trickle down when it’s parked in off shore tax havens
A new study by the Tax Justice Network “The Price of Offshore Revisited” shines a light on the size of the global offshore economy—the amount of
This is beyond politics?
How many times have you heard a so-called statesman or stateswoman say, “this is beyond politics.” The implication is that the issue is of
How refreshing: David Frum goes from conservative to semi-liberal
On his HBO show, Bill Maher usually arranges for one of his three guests to be a conservative. In one sense, he wants to