Republicans supporting the “Ryan” Medicare plan (i.e., giving individuals vouchers to buy private insurance) claim that it will work similar to the health insurance that federal employees receive. But as the N.Y. Times reported, there is a key distinction. Under … Continue reading →
Continue ReadingAs legislators returned to Washington from their two-week recess on Monday, the death of Osama bin Laden provided a rare moment of bipartisan collegiality. Even Republicans praised President Obama for a job well done. Now, there are a budget, a…
Continue ReadingI had other plans for this blog today, but it seems there is nothing else to think about but the death of Osama bin Laden. It was almost funny early Monday morning when I checked the day’s headlines. The first…
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday night, following President Obama’s release of his non-legal, long-form Certificate of Live Birth, Jon Stewart, his sidekick Jason Jones and Stephen Colbert each pleaded – down on their knees in all but fact – with Donald Trump to…
Continue ReadingWhat did Obama’s speech on the budget mean for elders? Here’s what Elderblogger guru Ronni Bennett has to say: Did you watch President Obama’s speech yesterday afternoon? Whew! It was better than I feared it would be. Kinda busy today (Wednesday) so mostly I’ll stick to the major points affecting elders. If you will recall, […]
Continue ReadingThe Economist’s Daily Chart wonders why Western leaders are getting younger even as their populations age: THE developed world is getting older. But oddly enough, its leaders are getting younger. The chart shows the average age of the leaders of four Western countries (America, Britain, France and Germany) since 1950. In the 1950s, voters were […]
Continue ReadingFirst, I think I need to offer a disclosure. For thirty years I was a faithful, daily, cover-to-cover reader of the New York Times. I doubt the paper ever had a more loyal customer. About three years ago I began to notice that the paper was shot through with bias for the powerful and against […]
Continue ReadingI was browsing the Internet the other day and I came across an article about young conservatives protesting the nomination/possible confirmation of Solicitor General Elaina Kagan to the Supreme Court. “From the podium, the speakers railed against what they say is Kagan’s obvious membership in that most insidious of societies, The Order Of The Activist […]
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