by Bill Scher | Apr 30, 2008 | Blog
Since you probably didn't find much substantive analysis of McCain's health care plan in the traditional media, bloggers have taken up the task. And it isn't pretty. Obsidian Wings: It's easy to make health policy when you don't allow little things like facts to...
by Sara Robinson | Apr 29, 2008 | Blog
Jeremiah Wright is everywhere this week -- and the media doesn't quite know what to make of it. Mostly, they're stuck so hard in the election horse-race narrative that they only question they can think to ask is: Does having Wright out there hurt Obama, or help him?...
by Bill Scher | Apr 29, 2008 | Blog
Today in Tampa, Sen. John McCain, as conservatives often do, tried to claim the "choice" mantle when describing his "health" care plan: You simply choose the insurance provider that suits you best ... The health plan you choose would be as good as any that an employer...
by Bill Scher | Apr 29, 2008 | Blog
Whether or not you are a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, if you are a politician interested in having your substantive arguments be heard, or if you're a citizen that wants your government responding to your needs, you'll stand against ridiculous guilt-by-association...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 29, 2008 | Blog
This weekend, we attended a local conference for LGBT parents and families, and I spoke on a panel about interracial couples and inter-cultural families. At some point, I found myself speaking less as a gay dad and more as a Black man raising two Black sons, and...
by Roger Hickey | Apr 29, 2008 | Blog
Today Arizona Sen. John McCain will deliver what his handlers are hyping as a major address on health care. McCain’s plan is a dangerous fraud. He wants voters to think he is going after health care cost inflation. In reality, he wants to dismantle the...