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Yes, the health care bill has passed the House. The Senate is the final hurdle.
The National Right to Life Committee is loudly claiming that the health care bill promoted by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) would allow federal funds to subsidize abortions. Imagine my surprise, if you will, to discover that this claim is false.
Here’s an excellent site run by retired psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Barrett (whose Quackwatch has done great work exposing many fraudulent medical practitioners, including the anti-vaccination nuts) looking at the many myths and distortions being circulated about the proposed health care reform legislation. Dr. Barrett calls it: Insurance Reform Watch.
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, Quackwatch, Dr. Stephen Barrett, debunking
LGF reader Keith G. has been working on an updated version of the list of LGF questions about health care reform originally proposed in this thread. He’s added a section for each question for any answers that become available. This is a great resource; thanks to everyone for submitting your ...
At the Washington Post, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey bring up an interesting question about President Obama’s health care legislation: Does the US Constitution give the federal government the authority to require citizens to buy nationalized health insurance? President Obama has called for a serious and ...
Barack Obama, Health Care, Reform, Constitution, Health Insurance
Big politics meets big pharmaceuticals in the shiny new land of Hopenchange: Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma. A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal ...
LGF reader Keith G. suggested this as a topic; I mentioned it in the earlier thread about Obama’s town hall meeting today. There were some good responses to my question, but they kind of got lost amid the general comments on the meeting. So here’s another thread, because I really ...
Former Jemaah Islamiya member Tawfik Hamid has some good ideas on How to End ‘Islamophobia’. We Muslims should publicly show our strong disapproval for the growing number of attacks by Muslims against other faiths and against other Muslims. Let us not even dwell on 9/11, Madrid, London, Bali and countless ...
Gateway Pundit is reporting from the Secular Islam Summit; here’s his latest post, with links to the other ones: Secular Islam Summit: Rediscovering Secular Traditions.
AntiMullah.com is reporting that a serious clash is taking place in Iran as the ruling elites crack down on a former confidant of the Shah: Breaking news - Ayatollah revolts in Iran.
Here’s an outstanding video clip: Wafa Sultan on Danish television, discussing Islam and the cartoon jihad with uncommon clarity. (Hat tip: mepost.) [Video]
President Bush’s address on immigration reform is due to start in about 5 minutes. You can watch live over the web at C-SPAN, or at the White House web site. UPDATE at 5/15/06 5:25:14 pm: Dick Durbin, who compared US soldiers to Nazis, the KGB, and Pol Pot, gave the ...
Yesterday we had a post about North African anthropologist Malek Chebel, and his 27 Propositions for Reforming Islam. Any sign of change and evolution in Islam is always welcome, but Robert Spencer raises some vital issues that never seem to be addressed by the would-be reformers: Hope for reforming Islam? ...
There’s so much bad news associated with Islam—hostages, murders, bombings, hijackings, ad nauseam—that it’s always good to find a ray of hope, no matter how small. MEMRI (often accused by the moonbat left of “cherry-picking” Arab media) has a report on North African anthropologist Malek Chebel, and his 27 Propositions ...