What Obama Could Have Said in His ISIS Speech
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 14th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
What Obama Could Have Said in His ISIS Speech
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
In “Hamlet,” the hapless and ill-fated courtier Polonius offers one sound bit of advice to his liege. “Brevity,” he counsels the king, “is the soul of wit.” Which leads to a question: Are modern U.S. presidents so lacking in wit—or is it soul? One hazard of covering the news is that occasionally a beat reporter thinks a politician, courtroom official, or other newsmaker has missed the mark in a big speech. I often thought this as a young journalist covering criminal courts, especially when a lawyer delivering a closing argument overlooked pertinent…
Hurdles for Obama Health Law in 2nd Sign-Up Season
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential complications await consumers as President Barack Obama’s health care law approaches its second open enrollment season, just two months away. Don’t expect a repeat of last year’s website meltdown, but the new sign-up period could expose underlying problems with the law itself that are less easily fixed than a computer system. Getting those who signed up this year enrolled again for 2015 won’t be as easy as it might seem. And the law’s interaction between insurance and taxes looks like a sure-fire formula for confusion. For example: – For the roughly 8 million…
