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    Playing the Odds on Health Insurance

    Monday, September 28th, 2009

    MSNBC:
    Call it a health care gamble: the decision by some people to opt out of health insurance, paying cash for routine care while playing the odds that an accident or catastrophic illness won’t plunge them into financial ruin.
    President Barack Obama’s goal of requiring everyone to carry health insurance has drawn a great deal of skepticism [...]

    Dancing to Prince at a Wedding

    Monday, September 28th, 2009

    Too funny.

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    Book Review: The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

    Another very good book by Ron Paul. Although less of the book was new to me than End the Fed, it is very well written and the ideas contained within are articulately laid out. There were some areas with which I disagreed, but after reading about Ron Paul’s ideas, I would support him for President [...]

    Condoleezza Rice on Iran

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

    Let’s hope:
    On Iran, Rice tactfully questioned the Obama strategy of engaging the Tehran regime in direct talks about its nuclear program. “I don’t have any problems with engaging bad guys. We did our share of it,” she recalled. “The problem is that engagement is a tactic not a strategy. You have to ask yourself what [...]

    F.D.A. Bans Flavored Cigarettes

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

    Because it worked so well with alcohol, and is currently doing a bang-up job with marijuana.
    Federal health officials banned the sale of flavored cigarettes on Tuesday in the first major crackdown since the Food and Drug Administration was given the authority to regulate tobacco.
    The ban is intended to end the sale of tobacco products with [...]

    Government Run Health Care is Unconstitutional

    Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

    I could not have said it better myself, so I will not even try. We need to get back to Constitutional government, even if that means Jimmy Carter thinks I am racist.
    Rep. Clyburn, like many of his colleagues, seems to have conveniently forgotten that the federal government has only specific enumerated powers. He also seems [...]

    Is McCain-Feingold on its Last Legs?

    Friday, September 11th, 2009

    I hope so.
    Law.com’s Melvin Urofsky:
    What struck me at the time [previous challenges to McCain-Feingold] was that opponents of BCRA [McCain-Feingold] had launched facial challenges to the law; that is, they had suffered no actual harm but believed that, if the law went into effect, it would violate their First Amendment rights or some other [...]

    Health Insurance Should be Required, Just Like Auto Insurance

    Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

    Or so said our exalted leader in his address tonight.
    The problem is that auto insurance is only required to the extent it will protect someone else. Liability coverage is required so that when you clobber somebody else they can be compensated. I am unaware of any state that requires comprehensive coverage to cover your own [...]

    Book Review: End the Fed, by Ron Paul

    Monday, September 7th, 2009

    Well, I really enjoyed the book. Economics was never my strongest point, and while I do use basic math in my law practice, my education and my profession have never demanded a great amount of economic understanding beyond that necessary to run a household, run a business, give simple advice on estate planning and the [...]

    Ron Paul: End the Fed

    Sunday, September 6th, 2009

    I received this book on September 2, and have one chapter left to read. I will get a review out within the next day or two. I have never been a Ron Paul “guy,” mainly because most of his supporters would spam the blogs with outrageous quotes and links (ask Brian at Liberty Pundit). But [...]

    Book Review: My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir, by Clarence Thomas

    Sunday, September 6th, 2009

    My sister actually went to a book signing when Clarence Thomas came to her school, and I first heard of the book when I received a signed copy of the book in the mail. I always knew Thomas was a conservative, and obviously knew he was black, but I never knew the back story. It [...]

    Tort Reform: Bad Idea

    Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

    Well, some people still think tort reform is a good idea. And some people even think it is a good idea in order to fix our health care system (talk about a red herring). And some people even feel the need to shoot off their mouth about it without being willing to defend it, other [...]

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