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Steve King and Glenn Beck think it’s an affront to God to vote on health care on a Sunday. The man they worship as God had a different viewpoint on the question.
Archive for March, 2010
March 21st, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
Bart Stupak had a bunch of imaginary objections to health care reform. Barack Obama just promised to keep them imaginary. The good guys win.
March 20th, 2010
Category: Management, Spirituality and Religion
The pope’s letter to the Irish continues the church’s long-time strategy of attending to the welfare (and self-regard) of church officials, from abusive priests up. An apology with no action in this context and for offenses this vile is about making the apologizer feel better about himself, not about the victims, just as keeping the [...]
March 20th, 2010
Category: Policy Analysis, Urbanism
Kevin Drum and Matt Yglesias have posts examining suburban sprawl, in particular whether it happens because people just like to live that way, no matter what pointy-head planning professors tell them, or in some way against our will. Kevin adduces first-order evidence, voting with feet and voting with votes to go to and to preserve [...]
March 19th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
Why, I’m so old I remember when one Member of Congress didn’t accuse other Members of the crime of bribery on the floor of the House in the absence of any evidence, and when making such a baseless accusation would have led to having words taken down, and perhaps to censure. You have to sympathize [...]
March 18th, 2010
Category: Democrats in Congress
Betsy Markey of Colorado’s 4th District (Cook PVI R+6), who defeated the odious Marilyn Musgrave in the last election, has decided to vote yes on health care reform. Markey was a “no” in November, so this is an important pickup. REWARD GOOD BEHAVIOR.
March 18th, 2010
Category: Democrats in Congress, Moral philosophy
For the next few days, a genuinely painful issue of health care ethics.
March 17th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
This Friday I’ll be speaking at a brown-bag lunch organized by the American Constitution Society at DePaul Law School. Directions and RSVP form are here.
March 17th, 2010
We need to support Democrats who are taking the courageous path.