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Green Party to kick off Conn. campaigns - Boston Globe: Connecticut

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Green Party to kick off Conn. campaigns

Trahant: A fast year: Lessons from the Indian Health system - ICT - Opinion

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A year goes by fast. Way too fast. Thirteen months ago I plunged into my “year-long” exploration of the Indian health system. It’s been fascinating because there has been so much activity: Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and included with that bill the permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Letters to the editor - SFGate: Op-Ed

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor - SFGate: Op-Ed

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Letters to the editor

Trahant: A fast year: Lessons from the Indian Health system - ICT: Health

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The right thing to do - Crooks Liars

Ian Welsh — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What makes me saddest of all things in the world is this: the vast majority of the time the right thing to do morally is the right thing to do in terms of broad self-interest, and yet we don’t believe that and we do the wrong thing, thinking we must, thinking that we’re making the “hard decisions”. This spans the spectrum of issues. It doesn’t matter whether you’re talking about foreign affairs, where the money used on Iraq and Afghanistan could have rebuilt America and made it more prosperous. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about health care, where everyone knew that the right thing to do was single payer or some other form of comprehensive healthcare, which would have reduced bankruptcies massively, saved 6% of GDP and massive numbers of ...

Not again: Another act of Democrat vandalism falsely blamed on Tea Party - NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Remember my handy March 2010 guide? Flashback: How the Left fakes the hate: A primer. Remember this case? Flashback: In late August 2009, as lawmakers faced citizen revolts at health care town halls nationwide, the Colorado Democratic Party decried a vandalism attack at its Denver headquarters. A hammer-wielding thug smashed 11 windows and caused $11,000 [...]

Trahant: A fast year: Lessons from the Indian Health system - ICT: Columnists

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Health Message Fail - The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias

myglesias — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

I think people generally overrate the importance of “messaging” in political outcomes, but Ben Smith’s reporting on some recent health care strategizing reveals what looks to be a truly important failure: The presentation concedes that groups typically supportive of Democratic causes — people under 40, non-college educated women, and Hispanic voters — have not been won [...]

Dayton and Horner debate fiscal policy without Emmer - Star Tribune: Politics

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Differences emerged between the DFL and IP hopefuls in Winona. The Republican was at a fundraiser instead.

If Reform Fails - The Health Care Blog

Matthew — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By MAGGIE MAHAR Summary: Some optimistic liberals have begun to suggest that if conservatives manage to block the Affordable Care Act (ACA), this could open the door to better reform legislation. Why that won’t happen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If conservatives manage to...

Matt Peiken: The yet-to-be-distinguished Mr. Dayton - Star Tribune: Commentary

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Sir, it looks as if we're stuck with you. Are you going to deliver or what?

Paul Ryan Wants to End Medicare As We Know It, While Lying About It - The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias

myglesias — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

On Friday, for some reason the custodians of the Washington Post’s op-ed page decided to let Paul Ryan write the following in their paper: Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the Democrats’ political machine has attacked my contribution to this debate, making the false claim that the only solution put forward to save Medicare would “end Medicare as [...]

A Thoughtful Response to Robert Gibbs from the 'Educated Left'... - BradBlog

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Guest Editorial by Ernest A. Canning Sorry, Mr. Gibbs, but your description of a "professional left" whose critiques of your boss, President Barack Obama, should be disregarded as the "crazy" musings of "people who ought to be drug tested" reflects that you are both authoritarian and out-of-touch. The vast majority ...

What’s in a name? Strange coincidence - ICT: Politics

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

DENVER – What are the odds? Two American Indian state legislators – one incumbent, one aspiring – in a state with a relatively small Native population, and both of them, although unrelated and from different tribes, with the last name “Williams.”

To be sure, Sen. Suzanne Williams’ maiden name is Sandford, but she has been “Senator Williams” and, earlier, state representative, for more than a decade. A member of the Comanche Nation, she is the state’s only tribally enrolled legislator – at least for now.

The Right Way to Please the Base - American Prospect

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What the left can learn from right-wing extremists.

What’s in a name? Strange coincidence - ICT - National

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Socialism in America - Truthout.com

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Socialism had a checkered career in the United States. Its partisans never had a meaningful chance at gaining power. Around the turn of the 20th century, during the 1930s, and then again during the 1960s, however, they did influence the intellectual climate and the formation of various policy options. That influence grew weaker in the aftermath of the 1960s. But, today, the appeal of socialism has had something of a rebirth. Eight years of the Bush administration produced the largest shift of income in American history.

Joan Aragone: Happy birthday, Medicare - San Jose Mercury News: News

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Although every senior in the United States grew up without Medicare, most Americans today accept this single-payer, government-created and government-administered system as one of their rights as citizens, much like the right to vote.

For candidates, no easy fixes on health care - Star Tribune: Politics

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gubernatorial candidates agree health care is a top priority, but they differ on how to provide care while facing a $6 billion budget deficit.

What’s in a name? Strange coincidence - ICT: Midwest

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Looking Over the Edge - Talking Points Memo

Josh Marshall — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Looking Over the Edge

Bennet, Romanoff "race to the left" - Denver Post: Local

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Bennet, Romanoff "race to the left"

Single Payer Isn't Dead: How States Are Keeping the Movement Alive - Truthout.com

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The grassroots single-payer movement in Vermont reflects the growing belief that he fight to make health care a human right must come from the states. But will the passage of federal reform get in the way?

When Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March, many thought the long and tedious stretch of legislative wrangling and endless debates about health care reform had come to an end

Single-Payer Isn't Dead: How States Are Keeping the Movement Alive - Truthout - All Articles

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT