Who’d have thought CSPAN was going to be the most dramatic thing on TV this weekend? Some assorted commentary on the impending health care bill vote in the House, which is slated for Sunday and which will in part resolve the long-running issue one way or the other. Managed Care Matters: Unsustainable, irrational, unaffordable health [...]

“I decided long ago that this is one of the few issues I will decide without regard for political impact – it is too important. I will cast my vote on the basis of what I think is in the best interest of our country, state and district; if there is a political price to [...]

On Intrade, a futures exchange in which people can place bets on whether specific events will occur or not, the wager titled “Will ‘Obamacare’ health care reform become law in the United States before midnight ET 30 Jun 2010″ is now priced at about 78. That means the market for this bet has judged the [...]

When I was a kid, I once stumbled upon the movie The Ten Commandments on TV. Exposed mostly to cartoons and sit-coms, I sat there in bleary-eyed awe as the 3 hr 40 minute film just kept on going and going and going. Characters disappeared, story arcs rose and resolved, and the thing still wouldn’t [...]