So the House version of healthcare “reform” is out, and it’s a 1900-page monster. I think I’ll stick with the Wall Street Journal’s summary, which indicates so many things wrong:
The “doctor fix” to permanently get rid of cuts to doctors’ Medicare payments has been removed, shunted off to another bill. This is crafty accounting; the Democrats have decided that if they don’t want the cost of paying doctors to “count” toward the national deficit, Read more

Mayor Bloomberg just signed a bill that will make it illegal to sell flavored cigars or chewing tobacco in NYC. This is supposed to discourage children from using tobacco.

For the love of all that is good! Like I said, it’s thoroughly wrong to ban a product because it’s possible to misuse that product — or even because that product has no objectively good use. Individuals have rights — the individuals who make tobacco products have the Read more