Disappointing news coming out of the Senate Finance Committee today: Rockefeller said his amendment, which was defeated 15-8, would probably save $50 billion over 10 years and reduce costs for families, not focus on profits for insurers such as Philadelphia-based Cigna Corp. However, Rockefeller reportedly said later that he was surprised that 8 Democrats voted [...]

It was to be expected, really. No president stays as high in the polls as he did. His numbers are certainly not terrible but they are nowhere near his peak. What’s annoying though is the media insistence that his numbers are dropping because of the health care reform package. Well, they are partially right. What [...]

The health care debate this summer really took an ugly turn. With the advent of screamers and with chain mails going around it is hard to try and separate fact from fiction. That, coupled with the Right’s obsession with deifying Reagan’s idea that government is always up to no good, has led to a sort [...]

Out of all the types of Christians out there, the ones that tells me that they are an “ex-atheist” confuse me the most. Undoubtedly they have some story about how they are now saved and how they came to this belief, probably involving some personal experience completely unverifiable by any external means. Further, they will [...]