A Momentous Week (Supreme Court Decisions on Obamacare, Marriage Equality, Plus a Stirring Eulogy)

EJ Dionne captures some of the significance of last week’s events: When change stops waiting By E.J. Dionne Jr. Opinion...

Republicans Going All-In to Take Health Care Away from Millions of Americans

“Obamacare is a failure because our sabotage has successfully slowed its implementation.” So we’re approaching the Supreme Court’s decision on...

Readings: Democracy, Obamacare, Inequality, Climate Change, Asymmetric Polarization

I’ve been struggling with the problem of how to share some of the useful things I come across.  I find interesting...

Wildly Successful Government Program Still Unpopular Because … Well-Funded Lies

A determined and unscrupulous actor can, given enough funding, create a completely false impression in the public mind.  Despite the...

EJ Dionne: Hope Over Cynicism

EJ Dionne had a nice piece in yesterday’s paper encouraging hope over cynicism.  Here are a few key sections (emphasis added): The...

Hating on “Obamacare,” Liking its Features

This has been a mystery to me for a long time, and here it comes up again: “Obamacare” polls poorly...

Health Insurance for Millions Threatened; Republicans Celebrate

Thanks to Paul Waldman for this: Health Insurance for Millions Threatened; Republicans Celebrate If they’re wondering why Americans think their...

Obamacare’s Failure to Fail

I love Paul Krugman. Insurance and Freedom These are tough times for opponents of health care reform. They bet everything...

ObamaCare Leaves Millions Uninsured – Conservatives Pretend to Care

…from Brian Beutler’s latest post, “The Right’s New Scam: Feigning Anger on Behalf of People They Encouraged to Skip Obamacare“:...

GOP’s Health Care Opposition Costs Real Lives

Here’s a story from last week in Florida about the real cost – in lives – of the GOP’s insane...