Archive for June 16th, 2009
People sadden me, especially Christians
Why the Health Care debate fights an uphill battle. I guess I went to a different Catholic school than many of the Catholics I know. I must have skipped school the day they told us to hate lazy, uneducated black people. I also must have skipped the day that Sister Martin Joseph told us to […]
U.S. Health Care Doesn’t Measure Up
Can we please drop all this We’re #1 nonsense when it comes Health Care. Seriously, we have nothing to brag about. Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance, relative to other countries. This report—an update to two earlier editions—includes data from surveys […]
Give the People What They Want
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSpepjnpWQ[/youtube] Another very interesting poll is from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. (Excerpts below the jump are from the full report in pdf at the link.)
Required Reading
During the Green Revolution in Iran, you should really be reading two sites every hour: The Dish by Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic. Liveblogging the Uprising by Nico Pitney at the Huffington Post. Both have been amazing. Watching history happen there and on Twitter has been one of the more memorable historical experiences of my […]
Michelle Obama Likened to Escaped Ape by Prominent South Carolina Republican
I’ve heard some half-hearted non-apology apologies, but this one takes the cake. “I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest.” “I am as sorry as I can be…” WTF? UPDATE from Delaware Dem: And here is what they find funny in the Tennessee GOP:
Joint Finance Committee Cuts Higher Ed Salaries…Or Not
J. L. Miller and Rachel Kipp report in today’s News-Journal that the Joint Finance Committee has cut the salaries of employees at the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and Del-Tech by 2.5%. At least, that’s the JFC’s intent. El Somnambulo will forego the usual Lonnie George belt-tightening jokes (or not) to point out that, […]
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