The Case for Rationing Healthcare
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 18th, 2011 4:28 am by HL
The Case for Rationing Healthcare
Gregg Bloche, Los Angeles Times
China May Tell Geithner to Take a Hike
William Pesek, Bloomberg
William PesekTimothy Geithner says borrowing more from China to finance tax cuts for the most affluent Americans would be irresponsible. The Treasury secretary has it backward. The real question is whether Beijing is willing to double down on a nation whose balance sheet makes Italy look good. Holding $1.2 trillion of U.S. debt is a fast-growing risk to China. Traders have a theory about why the euro is reasonably stable amid a broadening debt crisis: Asian central banks are converting proceeds from recent intervention moves into other currencies. "Asian central banks" has…
Bing West: Military Turning Into Peace Corps
Elisabeth Bumiller, NYT
NEWPORT, R.I. No armchair general here: Bing West has climbed mountains in Afghanistan with American combat troops, watched rocket-propelled grenades streak over his head and come close to dying of cholera. At a lean and flinty 70, he can dodge bullets along with the 20-year-olds he accompanies on infantry foot patrols, although he admits he does it by leaving the body armor behind — an eye-popping risk — and wearing a Boston Red Sox cap instead of a helmet. He can think of no better life. “If I wasn’t around, he’d…
Donald Trump & Our Celebrity-Driven Culture
John Ziegler, Daily Caller
After the 2008 election, I spent an enormous amount of time and money documenting the media-induced ignorance of Obama voters for my documentary film, "Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted." The video I shot of Obama voters on Election Day has been seen by over 2.5 million people (not including millions more via television coverage) on YouTube.The two scientific polls I commissioned to back up the video proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that Obama voters were frighteningly misinformed about basic facts like which party controlled Congress. While…
Huckabee’s Team Eager to Gear Up in S.C.
Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
COLUMBIA, S.C. — “You have to have South Carolina to win,” Mike Huckabee said last month during a stop here on his latest book tour. Or was it really just a “book” tour?The former Arkansas governor has been clear that he will not take another stab at the presidency unless he thinks he can win. As he gauges his chances of mounting a successful White House run, no state looms larger in his calculus than South Carolina. Receive news alertsAnd his most recent visit to the first-in-the-South primary state gave him some reason to be encouraged.As his bus rolled through the…
