A couple weeks ago, Hobby Lobby made it to the Supreme Court of the United States. The issue was Obamacare’s abortifacient/contraceptive/sterilization mandate. Hobby Lobby (a closely held corporation run by a believing evangelical Christian family) insists the mandate violates its religious beliefs and its free exercise of religion under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act. […]
Food for Thought: Demanding the ObamaCare Alternatives
December 27, 2013 by
An oft-repeated liberal response to complaints about the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare in common parlance) is that Republicans, and their conservative and libertarian allies, have no alternative plan for “fixing” the current healthcare mess. Costs are prohibitive, access is limited, and when a personal health disaster strikes, too few are prepared or have the […]
Dan Liljenquist is Right
November 8, 2013 by
There’s been a lot of talk over the past few weeks about Dan Liljenquist’s op-ed in the Deseret News along the lines of “how dare Dan do this, Mike Lee is a patriot!” or “Senators Cruz, Lee, and Paul are right.” What gets lost in all of this talk is one simple little truth: Dan […]
Senator Lee Proposes Interesting Ideas, But He Needs to Find Common Ground
November 3, 2013 by
Senator Mike Lee‘s proposed legislation aimed at redefining the conservative movement is full of good ideas. However, as long as the legislation requires repeal of Obamacare–and until Congress is held by veto-proof majorities of Republicans–the bills could be dead on arrival. Lee needs a path that both finds common ground with opponents and moves his […]
Have you been able to sign up for Obamacare?
October 17, 2013 by
Have you been able to sign up for healthcare through the federal government’s site? Reports are widespread that few people have, and those who are trying are finding the site has serious technical problems. If you have, or have not, been able to get your healthcare through the federal website, I’d like to hear your […]
Just Another Government Shutdown Rant
October 1, 2013 by
Everyone else is sounding off on the government shutdown today, so I might as well chime in before real information becomes available and all the bloviating and pontificating and ranting and raving becomes just so much dross and drivel and we find out what the effect of the shutdown really is. <rant> First off, I […]
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