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Most critics and fans recognize Radio KAOS as the best of the Pink Floyd solo albums (Roger Waters). One of the songs on that album is titled "Who needs information?" He was talking about nuclear war and the desire not to know until something has happened. The song could be rewritten today to describe a lot of people in America. Unfortunately, this isn't a case of having no information, but having bad information. I talked about...

Okay, so some little taken-care-of-by-somebody-else, ("I don't know what our income is because my husband takes care of all the bills") late-to-the-game gal has decided she's up in arms over the current healthcare debate after not paying attention to the world around her for the past 35 years because she's self-centered. By all means, let's give her national exposure on 24-hour cable news because her opinion on Constitutional law, and everything else, is so relevant....

Some of you have heard me mention this before, but I have been reading a great book by Thom Hartmann. Cracking the Code isn't a traditional liberal diatribe (although I do enjoy those at times) but gets more behind the scenes to figure out how conservatives are able to successfully get people to buy into their ideology. They do this even when it isn't in their best interests. Unfortunately, a lot of Democrats haven't figured this...

I read both liberal and conservative blogs because I don't think any one group has a monopoly on good ideas.  Credit should be given where it is due, in no small part to encourage positive behavior.  Unfortunately, there seems to be no small amount of despair lately on many of the blogs I read.  Rational or not, many liberals and conservatives alike seem convinced the other side is trying to tear this country down.Buckeye Surgeon...

Here are two good ideas for health care reform, presented by political pundit and editorialist Charles Krauthammer.  Contrary to what you might hear elsewhere, there is no better time than the present to fix our system, before the costs bury us.  We have to focus on the real problems, though, and not the symptoms.Krauthammer first recommends what he calls "radical tort reform."  I've said before that I think tort reform is a bit of a...

I would like to salute New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg and Missouri Sen. Kit Bond for being men of their principles.  They are two of only eight Republican Senators to announce their support for the confirmation of the Hon. Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.From CNN:"There's been no significant finding against her. There's been no public uprising against her," Bond said. "I do not believe that the Constitution tells me that I should refuse to...

We've all heard the condescending retort to the proposal of any government program. The scariest words anyone can hear are, "Hi, I'm here from the government, and I'm here to help. " Thanks, Reagan. We've heard this so often that it's become kind of a "known" thing. Everyone knows the government screws up everything, right?Look at social security. It'll be insolvent by 2017, right? Here's the problem: this isn't true. Don't believe me? Liz Pulliam...