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More “supporting legal immigration” news: At least two Oregon nonprofits – and I suspect, many similar ones across the country…
I think there's a bug. The image is the same as the previous comic, but the description under it (and…
I can’t wait for RonF to explain how this gibes with his pro-legal immigration stance.
More "supporting legal immigration" news: At least two Oregon nonprofits - and I suspect, many similar ones across the country…
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Category Archives: Health Care and Related Issues
More on freedom, birth control and employer coercion
In comments, Sebastian writes: You’d have to squint pretty hard to get the idea that freedom from state coercion is a general organizing principle of progressivism […] See for example recent progressive discussions about the state forcing employers to provide … Continue reading →
Health care and non-compete agreements
[Written by Kay Olson, and crossposted from The Gimp Parade with Kay’s kind permission]. Two years ago this week I got caught up in a legal dispute that briefly threatened my life. Obviously, I’m still alive, but a version of … Continue reading →
Pain Medication Comments That Annoy Me
The Agitator is essential reading, one of the best political blogs anywhere. Still, Radley Balko sometimes uncritically parrots libertarian tropes. Government Evil! Liberals Stupid! For instance, today he posted this libertarian boilerplate: Alternet publishes article calling for government monitoring of … Continue reading →
We Are The 99 Percent
Hey, you busy? Not doing much? You feel like sobbing like a baby? Then read the We Are The 99 Percent tumblr. It’s just a collection of personal stories from people who have worked hard within this cruelly rigged system … … Continue reading →
It’s Not My Business
It should come as no surprise — though it should shock anyone with any decency — that the Tea Party fanatics would applaud the idea of letting the uninsured die: ‘Let Him Die’: Tea Party Debate Audience Cheers This is … Continue reading →
Dudley Clendinen on dying and on choosing not to extend his life
Writer Dudley Clendinen is dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or “Lou” as he calls it. He’s written an excellent short essay about the experience of dying, and on his decision to not extend his life. Here’s a sample from his … Continue reading →
Computer Decides That The 4th Circuit Will Decide In Favor Of Individual Mandate
In other news, a computer’s random selection of judges — two Obama appointees and a Clinton appointee — has pretty much guaranteed that the 4th circuit court will say that the individual mandate is constitutional. (Our judiciary is now so … Continue reading →
Political Cartoon: Health Care and Freedom
[spoiler]The scene: A woman in casual business wear addresses the reader directly. Panel one Woman: i’m TRAPPED in my job, because my kid is sick, and if i change jobs there goes my health insurance! Panel two Woman: i have … Continue reading →
Are Leftist Solutions Solutions If They’re Not Politically Viable?
In comments, I wrote: Barring some truly enormous increase in the amount of taxes Americans are willing to pay — the costs of medicare et al are going to increasingly crowd out other things that I think we should also … Continue reading →
You can’t talk about the debt without talking about rising medical costs
Via Andrew Sullivan, I read this article by Anne Lowrey trying to make the deficit understandable by putting it in terms of a household budget. For our purposes, let’s use $60,000 as the government’s income and $85,000 as its expenses. … Continue reading →
Thanks for pointing that out! I can't believe I did that. The post has been updated with the correct cartoon.…