Archive

In the previous post, I looked at ten of the most common myths that get bandied about whenever Americans drag Canada into their ongoing discussions about healthcare. In this follow-up, I'd like to address a few of the larger assumptions that Americans make about...

The failure that is the Bush Administration is so stark that even Fox News Sunday can't look away, scoring one for the Watchdog. Host Chris Wallace asked President Bush that since the "Republican nominee" will likely "have to carry along and deal with a faltering...

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

President Bush addressed the Conservative Political Action Committee gathering in Washington today, and, according to the White House, he told the group that our "peace and prosperity" are at stake in the upcoming election. Eerily Orwellian, Mr. President. For a...

There are natural disasters and man-made disasters. There are those who look upon the aftermath of disaster and see things as they should be. We call them conservatives. As I write this, the seeds of disaster and an aftermath of Katrina-like proportions have been and...

David Frum, noted neocon and former Bush adviser, who is generally wrong about just about everything, just penned a lament for the Financial Times on the coming “Democratic sea-change.” This time, Frum gets it right. “Conservative ascendancy is coming to an end.” The...

Our friend Bill Moyers is asking an interesting question: “What’s the one book you wish the winning presidential candidate would take to the White House?” For the next few hours, Moyers is inviting people to post responses on his blog. He will share the top responses,...

Once again, an obstinate Republican minority in the Senate vetoes the majority will, this time on a stimulus package that had bipartisan legislative and broad public support. Forty senators voted to filibuster the Senate version of the plan, a combination of tax...

NPR's Bryant Park Project had me on today to analyze the Super Tuesday's results, along with Dan McClaughlin of RedState.com. I offered that even if a Clinton-Obama race becomes protracted while John McCain effectively becomes the GOP nominee, Democratic voters remain...

2008 is shaping up to be the election year that we finally get to have the Great American Healthcare Debate again. Harry and Louise are back with a vengeance. Conservatives are rumbling around the talk show circuit bellowing about the socialist threat to the (literal)...