Opinion Forum

The Devils Are in the Details

March 30th, 2010

By Tom Carter I didn’t support the health care bill, and I think it’s bad law. What makes bad law? Ambiguity, excessive complexity, constitutional uncertainty, limited popular support, intense partisanship, difficulties in enforcement, and too much latitude for bureaucratic interpretation and implementation. This law has all these problems in spades. Every sentient American understands that […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: abortion, children, constitutional, funding, health care, pre-existing, reform
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When Will They Learn?

March 25th, 2010

By Larry Ennis I have been waiting since the inception of the Tea Party for the day when it would become a target for a smear campaign. Now the left has launched a full-blown attack complete with charges of death threats and racism. Let’s start with the death threats. Because the Tea Party movement is […]

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Tags: Democrats, demonstration, health care, Hoyer, Palin, Pelosi, Tea Party
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Report from Capitol Hill

March 23rd, 2010

By Brianna Aubin For those of you who may not be interested in reading further, here is the precis. I spent March 20th in Washington D.C., along with somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 people in D.C. that day for the protest, all of whom came to D.C. with less than 48 hours notice. That estimate […]

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Tags: Congress, health care, House, politicians, protesters, Tea Party, Washington
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Redundant Idiocy

March 22nd, 2010

by Jane Thomas My husband prefers to go fishing rather than listen to my Sunday morning TV programs dealing with political activities. His special pet peeve is Washington Journal when general public calls are taken, calls which he deems range from incredibly ignorant to purposefully stupid statements. Yesterday, I spent the entire day watching the […]

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Tags: democracy, Democrat, health care, House, legislation, republic, Republican
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Health Care Fatigue

March 21st, 2010

By Tom Carter I’m tired of the health care debate. It’s been going on for a year, and it’s become so complex and so partisan that even many of the politicians who will vote for health care reform today don’t understand it well. We’ll know in a few hours whether we have a new law […]

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Tags: Congress, constitutional, health care, House, legislation, Senate
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