As health care rationing is seriously on the table—generally supported by the political Left—some of that persuasion also want to include illegal immigrants in Obamacare if they buy the premiums. From the story:Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health . . . . Continue Reading »
Former Governor Richard Lamm fell into the soup years ago when he claimed that the elderly infirm and dying had a duty to die. Lamm claimed to have been misunderstood. But maybe he wasn’t. Lamm has come out passionately for health care rationing, stating in his Huffington Post piece : It is . . . . Continue Reading »
Former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm got a bad reputation by stating in a speech some years ago, “We [meaning when we get old] have a duty to die and get out of the way.” When I interviewed Lamm for the “duty to die” discussion in Culture of Death, he told me that he . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel Drezner on what would happen if those author blurbs that come at the end of articles were forced to be honest: * Suzie Wong has never been to the country about which she is writing. What’s in this op-ed is culled from a quick perusal of the Economist and a few phone calls. * Cass . . . . Continue Reading »
Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has a new article out about assisted suicide in Washington and how it subtly (and not so subtly) undermines the equal worth of all human lives. She describes a program held at a hospital in which a social . . . . Continue Reading »
Time, as Abraham Joshua Heschel never tired of saying, is only the mask of eternity. To God, who remembers and foresees all, memory and foresight are the same; for God to see the future is the same as for him to remember his own plan of salvation.Each year as the Assembly of Israel prepares to stand . . . . Continue Reading »
Howard L. Berman is a Democratic Congressman and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In an editorial,” Dealing With Iran’s Deception “, Berman informs us that Congress has to get moving to impose, should negotiations fail, what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t pay a lot of attention to the polls, but I never trust the polls taken for the New York Times. Rather than reflect opinion, I believe the NYT tries to use polling to mold opinion in a direction its bias favors.Case in point: Its latest poll, which gave Obama a 56-33% approval . . . . Continue Reading »
If we are not careful, health care reform will become the convenient excuse to permit government intrusion into almost every aspect of our lives. Now, it appears that it may even become a matter of criminal law. From the story:Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint . . . . Continue Reading »
When I first heard this I thought someone was putting me on. However, here’s the link, so maybe it’s the truth. Now I’m not a really big fan of exorbitantly large gummint but killing federales seems just a bit beyond the pale! I don’t think my ancestors at Pittsburgh back . . . . Continue Reading »
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