Guest AuthorFebruary 27, 2023
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This legislation is hardly a novel move.
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Guest AuthorFebruary 27, 2023
Associated PressApril 1, 2020
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Rubio had tweeted some in the media “can’t contain their glee & delight” reporting coronavirus deaths.
Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2016
In Manchester, Hillary Clinton says she’ll go beyond Bernie Sanders in regulating financial industry
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Speaking at a middle school gym on the outskirts of Manchester, Hillary Clinton delivered a forceful speech to New Hampshire voters six days before a primary election that polls show she is trailing. The former first lady, secretary of state and New York senator held the event just hours before she was to engage in […]
Martin DyckmanFebruary 1, 2016
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An important member of Congress had a simple prescription for what ails health care in America: “Medicare for everyone.” “Everyone is in Medicare now,” he said. “Some of us get it. Others pay.” The year was 1991, and had it been Bernie Sanders saying that, nobody would have paid attention. He was a House freshman […]
Martin DyckmanJanuary 31, 20168min272
An important member of Congress had a simple prescription for what ails health care in America: “Medicare for everyone.” “Everyone is in Medicare now,” he said. “Some of us get it. Others pay.” The year was 1991, and had it been Bernie Sanders saying that, nobody would have paid attention. He was a House freshman […]
Martin DyckmanAugust 18, 20159min185
To appreciate one reason why Donald Trump is thumping Jeb! in the polls, substitute a question mark for the exclamation point. Jeb? isn’t doing so well at persuading people that what they think they heard isn’t what he meant to say. It doesn’t take a degree in psychology to know that someone’s first, unguarded remark […]
Martin DyckmanAugust 4, 20159min253
America’s doctors have long since made their peace with Medicare, which marked its 50th anniversary last week, but its oldest and most implacable enemy, the ideological right wing, is still bent on destroying it. If you were a politician who shared that purpose, how might you go about it? You’d harp on how the trust […]
Marc YachtJuly 16, 20145min172
There is controversy as to who said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Perhaps Mark Twain, perhaps British Prime Minister Disraeli, but few would argue the meaning. Politicians twist data all the time and with Obamacare, the misinformation reaches new levels. While conservatives try to destroy the Affordable Care Act […]
Martin DyckmanJune 15, 20147min221
Revolutions have a way of turning against their founders and friends. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is the latest victim. Cantor didn’t launch the Tea Party revolution but he did coddle and exploit it. Unlike the leaders of the French Revolution, Cantor still has his head, as well as–until January–the congressional seat he lost in […]