Be Wary Of Obamacare “Losers” You See On TV

Ken AshfordHealth CareLeave a Comment

From HealthInsurance.org: For months, health reform’s opponents have been feasting on tales of Obamacare’s innocent victims – Americans who lost their insurance because it doesn’t comply with the ACA’s regulations, and now have to shell out more than they can afford – or go without coverage. Trouble is, many of those stories just aren’t true. Yesterday I posted about a Fort Worth Star Telegram article that … Read More

If There’s Global Warming, Then Why Is It So Cold?

Ken AshfordEnvironment & Global Warming & EnergyLeave a Comment

Forecasts in the midwest call for temperatures to drop to 32 below zero in Fargo, N.D.; minus 21 in Madison, Wis.; and 15 below zero in Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Chicago. Wind chills have been predicted to fall to negative 60 degrees — a dangerous cold that could break decades-old records. All of which begs the question — if climate change is real, … Read More

Prediction

Ken AshfordHealth CareLeave a Comment

There are many many many things wrong with our healthcare system, including things that drive up costs.  None of this is the fault of Obamacare.  But you can be sure that these problems will come to light, and it will be blamed on Obamacare, even if those problems have been around for decades.

To Arms!

Ken AshfordGun ControlLeave a Comment

Once again, a gun nut has been censored for speaking out on the subject of guns.  You would think that the Tea Party patriots would be going ballistic, crying "HOW DARE THEY STIFLE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS JUST BECAUSE HE GAVE HIS OPINION ABOUT GUNS?!?!?!" But that's not happening.  Why not?  Because this guy spoke in favor of reasonable gun legislation. … Read More

Good Advice

Ken AshfordRepublicansLeave a Comment

Charlie Piece has a little piece of advice for the GOP handwringers struggling to "rebrand" their party as something other that certifiably looney tunes: Who was it that nailed the Laffer Curve to the doors of the cathedral? It was Ronald Reagan — and, elsewhere, Maggie Thatcher — and I don't recall any great howls of Papist outrage from Sullivan back then, … Read More