Libertarianism’s poison pill: Having everything run by corporations who only care about this month’s profit statements always leads to disaster because corporations are acting in their own short term interest with absolutely no thought to the general welfare of the country or the long-term consequences of their actions. Dubai is just the latest victim.

Everyone who has a Facebook account has gotten notices that so and so is a friend of a friend of yours, asking if you want to “friend” them (yes, “friend” is sometimes a verb in Facebook-speak).  I got such a notice the other day about a guy named Jeff.  What the hell, I thought, throwing [...]

Anyone who has EVER worked in the health care industry knows that insurance has a high component of smoke and mirrors to it. Many outsiders don’t know this, however; they think that their insurance will be there if some dreaded and costly illness strikes.
As we have said, however, America does not have a health care [...]

We’re not the only ones spreading truth and common sense, although we seem to be the only blog that told the truth about how health care is NOT and cannot be a free market endeavor. That story was picked up by radio talk show hosts and others interested in the truth.
Another blog gives a [...]

Let’s take our recent discussion of healthcare as an example: We cite facts, figures, objective information. The conservative response; “America has the greatest health care system in the world” and “Why don’t you go live in Cuba.”
So we see anecdotal evidence every day that conservatives don’t live in a world of facts, they live in [...]