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Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is striking back at health insurers who aren't getting on board with ObamaCare.

President Obama is out this week with three proposals for stimulating—oops, forgot we weren't supposed to use that word—for creating jobs.

President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” taught us what happens when well-meaning (to give them benefit of the doubt) politicians and bureaucrats create a welfare system that rewards those who shun work, while punishing those who try to take responsibility for themselves.

Hardly a day goes by without a story in some newspaper discussing some state’s dire financial straits.

The Rev.

Last week the Obama administration finally released the Medicare Trustees’ report on the financial status of Medicare, and Democrats immediately gloated how ObamaCare enhances Medicare’s financial position.

Medicare turned 45 last week, and let’s just say that the years have not been kind.

The Obama administration released its 2010 budget estimate last Friday, after most of the press had gone home for the weekend.

Parliamentary systems seem to have at least one design advantage over our American system—they dissolve their governments before an election, so that a “lame duck” government can’t engage in legislative mischief after having already been rejected by the voters.

You’ve heard of the “October surprise,” when politicians pull some stunt right before an election to try and salvage it.