First thing this morning, I shared news about Dead People Voting in Missouri; now, thanks to a great U.S. senator from the state of my birth, I bring news about ONE-BILLION TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON DEAD PEOPLE! U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) today released an oversight report, “Federal Programs To Die For – American [...]
Americans Dying to Get Hands on Federal Funds
October 29th, 2010 · 13 Comments
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‘ObamaCare’ Would Drive Doctors Out of Business
March 18th, 2010 · 4 Comments
President Barack Obama’s so-called health care reform plan (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”) will drive practicing doctors out of business and suppress the recruitment of new physicians, resulting in long waits and rationed care for health care consumers, according to news release issued today by the National Center for Public Policy Research. The news release cites a paper, [...]
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Oil Crisis Pales in Comparison to EMP Threat
August 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments
The ongoing oil crisis pales in comparison to a recently-identified threat slowly catching the attention of reporters and think tankers alike. In the opening paragraph of a Wall Street Journal Online opinion piece published today, readers were asked to use their imaginations and envision a frightening choice facing terrorist enemies of the United States (think [...]
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Find a Doctor BEFORE You Retire to Another State
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
If you or your parents are thinking about making a post-retirement move to another state, you might want to think twice about it if, that is, high-quality medical care is important to you. Almost three years ago, my octogenarian parents decided to make that move — in their case, from a home in rural northwest [...]
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