Archive for May, 2008

Free Market Affordability in Health Insurance

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

The cost of basic insurance policy in Kentucky for a healthy 25 year old is $960 compared to $5,880 in New Jersey. If this policy were available in New Jersey, it seems very likely that more people would have basic insurance rather than special interest driven health insurance with gold plated ...

Consumer Reports on Hospitals

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Ahead of the curve...these reporting services are not mainstream. It seems though that increased analysis of costs, benefits AND comparison of the performance of various hospitals and health care providers is the trend. Consumer Reports is entering the ratings arena and Leapfrog is partially there. Consumer driven health care requires ...

Green Flat Tax

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Senator Specter was wrong; we hope he won't be wrong on Lieberman-Warner a $1.2 trillion dollar tax. A Green Flat Tax If you like $130 a barrel oil and $4 a gallon gas, you will love the global warming bill sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner. There are a lot ...

Justice Castille’s Attempt to Suppress Free Political Speech

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

The more I think about this the angrier I get. Justice Castille is attempting to shut down Political Speech,  free speech critical of the judicial branch of government. It is true the Judiciary makes the Rules although I don't recall an exception for political speech. I have to think independent ...

Errol Philips Independent Jewish Conservative John McCain, Here is your VP

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Errol Phillips sends pithy and insightful e-mails and Nat Hentoff is a person of the Left, a Leftist with Integrity and intellectual honesty, and this is worthwhile article to read. To be put on Errol's list, his e-mail address is ep@pinehurst2.com Writing in today's Jewish World Review , Nat Hentoff suggests a ...