Today the Obamacare insurance exchanges go live. Everyone without health insurance must buy some, under penalty of law, from a list of approved companies. Here is the website where the uninsured must sign up: Health Insurance Marketplace, Affordable Care Act | HealthCare.gov. I thought that
Economics columnist Robert Samuelson is worried that we are moving from an affluent society (based on economic growth that benefits everyone) to a “spoils” society (an economic mindset based on taking money from other people). (more…)
The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day today and will shut down tomorrow unless the House of Representatives and Senate can strike a deal to keep the money flowing. Republicans, who control the House, are saying they won’t pass
Liberals used to champion individual freedom, including religious liberty. But, argues Family Policy Institute scholar Joseph Backholm, that concern has shifted to a new set of values centered around tolerance, the need to prevent anyone from being discriminated against. To the point that some Democratic
Today’s Republican party is in exactly the same situation as the Democratic party of 1989 and making exactly the same excuses for why they can’t win a national presidential election. This is the point made by two Democratic strategists who revisit an essay they wrote
In a discussion of memory, the internet, and our impulse to document every moment of our lives (are we really going to look back at all of the photographs on our cell phones?), novelist Dara Horn tells about a medieval synagogue that, in its refusal
This weekend, I’m making a mad dash to Oklahoma to be there for the baptism of my new grandson, Michael Gustavus. Getting ready to go, I came across this, which has rated a RealClearReligion link, a rather flippant dismissal of infant baptism except as a
More and more states are not only legalizing gambling, they are cashing in on it, raking in lots of revenue through mutually cushy deals with big casinos. Michael Gerson discusses the problems with what he calls “the casino-government complex.” (more…)
In a story about how the rotation of the earth has slowed 2/1000 of a second over the last century, science writer Ivan Amato explains how dependent our technology is on extremely accurate time-keeping. For example, if the clocks in your GPS device and the
An article about the arrest in India of the guru Asaram Bapu–worshipped as the “godman”–for sexually assaulting a 16 year old girl includes some background information which suggests that what has happened in America with Christianity is happening in India with Hinduism. (more…)
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