Joe Biden is worth his weight in gold for his gaffes and ill-timed quips. When he whispered to the President in range of a live microphone before the signing of the health care bill: “This is a big f—ing deal!”, you could see the President purse his lips. At least one of them realized there [...]
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So, let me ask you this… I have several friends who are very critical health care reform opponents for not coming up with a plan of their own. I’m often amazed at how vehemently they hold this position. It raises a question of political theory that I’ve always found interesting: What is the role of the opposition [...] Did you see that Justice Souter this week described his job on the Supreme Court as “a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy“? Say what? Law.com, where the link above takes you, suggests this confirms what many have suspeected for sometime, namely that Souter is seriously weary of being a Justice and seriously interested in retiring. (Compare [...] Obviously the President seeks to influence policy. He holds the bully pulpit. He has a legislative shop (as does each federal and independent agency) that offers feedback and positions on proposed bills. He issues Statements of Administration Policy on certain bills being considered in Congress. He visits the Hill. And he makes law, in his [...] The Electoral College is awesome. No, seriously. I like it, even if it’s a bit quaint. How do you feel about it? I started thinking about it today as I entered Starbucks to claim my free coffee (which is NOT an incentive to vote), I overheard rather self-assured student at an obscenely wealthy local private school [...] The bailout plan that Congress will vote on this morning is an interesting mix of handouts to failing banks and market incentives to insure failing – or potentially failing – mortgage-backed securities. The latter objective, among others, is what hung up the bill on Friday. (You can download the plan from the New York Times’ [...] In light of our discussion on political advertising and its truthfulness, I ran into this very timely article in Salon today by a Dr. Robert Burton, former head of medicine at Mt. Zion-UCSF Hospital and the author of “On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not.” Dr. Burton succinctly makes the point [...] |
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