As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders whether it's constitutional to require citizens to buy health insurance, we residents of Canada (I'm a dual citizen) might be expected to shrug and say, "So what? We've been forced to buy health insurance since 1966."
In fact, I don't want to get into that question -- I want to focus on something that's seemingly been forgotten in the recent debates. I don't mean the birth control question, exactly. When I heard that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act meant employers would have to pay for employees' birth control, my reaction was not
Mostly Winners
by Ronald A. Rowe March 28th, 2012 
Political Opinions, Presidential Election, Winners & Losers
OK, I admit that I was a little on the cynical side last week. So to make up for it I've actively tried to find more Winners than Losers this time around. It took a sometimes creative definition of Winner and more than a little bit of sarcasm, but I hereby present the Mostly-Winners edition of Winners and Losers.
WINNERS:
Dick Cheney
Former Vice President Dick Cheney got a heart transplant this week, supposedly from an anonymous donor. Pretty good for a 71-year-old with a 30 year+ history of heart attacks.
The Hunger Games
The books were beloved by more than just the
WINNERS:
Dick Cheney
Former Vice President Dick Cheney got a heart transplant this week, supposedly from an anonymous donor. Pretty good for a 71-year-old with a 30 year+ history of heart attacks.
The Hunger Games
The books were beloved by more than just the
Imagine All the People Living Life In Peace
by Jason Lightner March 27th, 2012 Independent Ideas
Let's continue that message of peace and unity from last week, shall we?
Every day of my waking life, I marvel at the grand scope of it all – how we're the Universe experiencing itself; how we are all the same atoms that were strewn about billions upon billions of years ago in spiraling clouds of gas and stardust that eventually created the galaxies we know and the world that we know. I think about human understanding, exploration, curiosity. I sit in amazement that we can live in a time where we can actually see the beginnings of our
Every day of my waking life, I marvel at the grand scope of it all – how we're the Universe experiencing itself; how we are all the same atoms that were strewn about billions upon billions of years ago in spiraling clouds of gas and stardust that eventually created the galaxies we know and the world that we know. I think about human understanding, exploration, curiosity. I sit in amazement that we can live in a time where we can actually see the beginnings of our
Never Let A Crisis…
by Eric M. Blake March 26th, 2012 Conservative Considerations, General Politics, Political Facts
One of the things I don’t think I’ll ever get used to is the shameless tendency of the Left to try and exploit a tragedy. Timothy McVeigh? Oh, he was an extreme right-winger — Rush Limbaugh must’ve driven him to it! Paul Wellstone dies? For Paul Wellstone — let’s take the fight to the GOP, and take back Congress! 9/11? Bush should’ve seen it coming! No — scratch that — he was the one who did it: that’s right, 9/11 was an inside job! Katrina? It’s Bush’s fault — Dick Cheney blew up the levees, and “George Bush doesn’t
A Clarification and Some Imagination
by Jason Lightner March 23rd, 2012 Independent Ideas
In my piece entitled "Santorum's Ridiculous Religion Rampage", I seem to have struck a chord with one of our readers.
"Atheists not starting wars? Atheists not being responsible for mass murder and the like? Dude, militant atheists were the cause for the vast majority of the genocides of the past century… (and if you include Hitler as well, with his pagan-influenced philosophy, then it would be the overwhelming majority). I shouldn’t even begin to list Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and other proud atheists. Otherwise, you’re spot on about Santorum (although I think he is less extreme