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Marx’s slogan “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his need!”, ironical or not, describes the contradiction of welfare economics not a scheme of economic organization, and should be dropped as the definition of communism.
Archive for July, 2009
July 19th, 2009
July 18th, 2009
Category: Health Care
I wish that “centrist” Democrats remembered the lessons of 1993 and 1994 as well as the Republicans do. Not passing health care reform this year would be a devastating blow to the Obama Presidency. And any Democrat who thinks that that sort of defeat wouldn’t cost Democrats seats on the Hill needs to have his or her (I’m looking at you, Mary Landrieu) head examined.
July 18th, 2009
Category: Corruption in Washington
The American Conserative Union turns out to be a shake-down operation. And it couldn’t operate that way unless corporations were willing to pay. An excellent reason to retain the ban on corporate campaign contributions, a ban which the Red team on the Supreme Court would like to abolish.
July 18th, 2009
Category: Spirituality and Religion
… on his book The Evolutin of God. Now up on Bloggingheads.
July 16th, 2009
Category: Arts and Cultural Policy
The MSM is only three days behind the RBC on the hot issue of museum evening social events. We congratulate the Post. The ‘reviews’ gathered in this group nicely illustrate the tension this marketing initiative raises (and the careless flacky reporting typical of arts coverage other than straight reviews). On the one hand, a bunch [...]
July 15th, 2009
Category: Climate change, Health Care
Use a greenhouse gas tax to help pay for health care reform.
July 15th, 2009
Puritan Massachusetts did penance for the Salem witch trials – but Obama’s America is avoiding itfor torture.