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NY State's Owe Woes
Nicole Gelinas New York Post, 12-30-09
New York can't afford an other debt-fueled decade. For the last 10 years, New York state and city did what regular Americans
did: borrowed without results.
Waiting and Waiting for Malpractice Reform
David Gratzer Frum Forum, 12-29-09
Exactly why didn't the Illinois Supreme Court rule on the med malpractice case this month? The legislation in question is
undoubtedly controversial - but popular with docs and the public.
Despite Economic Woe, U.S. Was Safer In '09
Steve Malanga RealClearMarkets.com, 12-30-09
In October, after a Chicago youth was brutally murdered, Rev. Jesse Jackson penned an opinion piece in the Chicago Sun Times
in which he called for federal "civil rights intervention" in the Windy City.
Stop Digging
Nicole Gelinas National Review Online, 12-30-09
Far too much of the debate over economic policies for the next decade ignores a central, sobering reality: We simply
can't afford another decade like this one.
Population Control: An ugly Solution to Climate Change
Max Schulz Washington Examiner, 12-30-09
Want to save the planet from global warming? Forget about getting rid of coal plants or the internal combustion engine. Get
rid of the humans. They're the true problem.
Say No To A Financial Big Brother
Nicole Gelinas The News Journal, 12-30-09 (This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times on 12-25-09 and was linked on RealClearPolitics.com on 12-26-09)
More than a year after the financial industry nearly collapsed, Congress and President Obama are taking up regulatory fixes.
But their strategy is a blueprint for the next catastrophe.
Schwarzenegger Seeks The Right Bailout
Josh Barro RealClearMarkets.com, 12-29-09
Next month, California's governor plans to ask Washington for another bailout to help close his state's $21 billion budget
gap for the next fiscal year. This request comes with an appealing twist, though: it wouldn't cost federal taxpayers a dime.
I Hereby Resolve To Make Fewer Resolutions
Theodore Dalrymple New York Daily News, 12-29-09
Until she was well into her 80s, my mother used to make New Year's resolutions. I am not sure whether this indicates that
hope, effort or self-deception spring eternal in the human breast.
Health Reform Stumbling Blocks Remain
Douglas Holtz-Eakin AOL News, 12-28-09
Blessedly, the Senate has finally gone home for the holidays after completing its gift: comprehensive health care "reform." But
the drama is far from over.
Say No To a Financial Big Brother
Nicole Gelinas Los Angeles Times, 12-25-09
As the Senate votes this morning on a revised health "reform" bill from the Democratic leadership, it's worth recalling President Obama's repeated promise that "if you've got health insurance, you like your doctors, you like your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan."
Kiss Your Health Plan Goodbye
Diana Furchtgott-Roth RealClearMarkets.com, 12-24-09
As the Senate votes this morning on a revised health "reform" bill from the Democratic leadership, it's worth recalling President Obama's repeated promise that "if you've got health insurance, you like your doctors, you like your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan."
Health Care: The Next Battle
David Gratzer FrumForum, 12-24-09
From a legislative perspective, it’s not over until the Presidential pen comes out at the signing ceremony. And, yes, it is possible that Obamacare will still run into turbulence.
Harry Reid Turns Insurance Into a Public Utility
Richard Epstein Wall Street Journal, 12-23-09 (This article was adapted from MedicalProgressToday.com and is linked on RealClearPolitcs.com and RealClearMarkets.com)
As Harry Reid's 2,000 page health-care bill is being rammed through the Senate, most of the public debate has been focused on its expanded coverage, its now defunct public option, and its high taxes.
Obamacare's gift to all: More regulation, more debt, more taxes
Paul Howard Washington Examiner, 12-23-09
Democrats are spending trillions on a Christmas present that a majority of Americans don't want: health care legislation loaded with more debt, more taxes, and more regulations.
Customers Flock to Blackballed Stores
Steven Malanga RealClearMarkets.com, 12-23-09
The snowstorm that blanketed much of the East Coast last weekend left experts predicting that the big retail winners would be super discounters like Wal-Mart and Target, who gained as consumers scrambled to make up for lost shopping time by heading to the large, everything-in-one-place stores for heavily discounted goods.
Fort Hood Denial
Jamie Glazov City Journal Online, 12-22-09
As the United States prepares to try Nidal Malik Hasan for 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder at Fort Hood last month, few question the suspect's guilt, but many disagree about his motives.
Less-than-Splendid Isolation
Claire Berlinski City Journal Online, 12-22-09
If you get your news from the sources most Americans do, you will not know that India recently test-fired the Agni II, an intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
All That Jazz
Stefan Kanfer City Journal Online, 12-22-09
In the spring of 1998, Time commissioned Al Hirschfeld, the doyen of American caricaturists, to draw an unusual cover. It would celebrate five outstanding "Artists and Entertainers of the Century"—Pablo Picasso, Lucille Ball, Charlie Chaplin, Steven Spielberg, and Louis Armstrong.
2010: A Good Year to Die?
Josh Barro RealClearMarkets.com, 12-22-09
Next month, for one year only, the federal estate tax is set to go away. Don't break out the cyanide capsules just yet though, because Congress is likely to reinstate the tax retroactively sometime during 2010, as part of a permanent estate tax reform.
Should homelessness be redefined by HUD to include more youths and families?
Howard Husock Congressional Quarterly Researcher, 12-18-09 (A subscription is required to read this article on cqresearcher.com)
Without doubt, the collapse of the U.S. housing market has caused hardship. Owners are stuck with homes worth less than the price they paid. Others have moved in with parents and extended families.
Books for Christmas
Brian Anderson The American Spectator, December 2009-January 2010
Alain de botton is one of the most charming, intelligent writers around today, able to shed new light on topics ranging from architecture to travel to the practical and life-improving uses of philosophy.
Nelson Caved for This?
Douglas Holtz-Eakin NRO's "The Corner", 12-19-09
I’m sitting here digesting the news of Ben Nelson's caving to the pressure and the Dems passing the Reid bill. I don't get it. Honestly. I realize that passing a health-care bill has become a political imperative...
Impermissible Ratemaking in Health-Insurance Reform: Why the Reid Bill is Unconstitutional
Richard Epstein PointofLaw.com, 12-18-09
TheRight now, the Senate is anxiously considering HR-SA 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—a.k.a. the Reid Bill—which builds on earlier efforts in the Senate and House to reach a new consensus on health-care reform...
The Bilingual Ban That Worked
Heather Mac Donald Freedom Politics, 12-18-09
In 1998, Californians voted to pass Proposition 227, the "English for the Children Act," and dismantle the state’s bilingual-education industry.
The future of fatherhood: In a decade, lots of dads will be cooking and changing diapers
Kay Hymowitz New York Daily News, 12-20-09
The start of a new decade leads many of us to contemplate the past and ponder the future. In that spirit, I offer a prediction: In 10 years, many fathers will be casting off their role as second parent, eagerly engaged in their children's daily lives...
Bad Ideas Never Die
Guy Sorman City Journal Online, 12-18-09
French public intellectuals have a reputation—well-deserved—for being socialists, Marxists, or Trotskyists. One thinks in this regard of popular figures like Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, and Simone de Beauvoir, all with fan clubs on American campuses...
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