The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
It’s unfortunate that those arguing the case for the health care law before the Supreme Court have sunk to the clownish level of talk show hosts. It seems that the principal argument against the mandate to buy insurance has to do with
The Pope, in another decision right out of the middle ages has made Timothy Cardinal Dolan, a prince of the Church, a title that says it all about where this top heavy, power crazed organization is coming from. A prince, royalty; another
The idiot is at it again. Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman is leading a group of almost one third of our less intelligent Senators in a resolution that would have us attack Iran if they have even the “capability” to create a nuclear
Why the hell are we so in love with war? What is wrong with the people of this country that they just aren’t happy unless our kids are risking their lives and ending others in places that have nothing to do with
I keep wondering what kind of country we’re living in, where we spend more than twice that of any other civilized country on health care costs and end up rated last among those countries in health care delivered. I wonder why so
I find it nothing short of disgusting that Jack Gerard, the president of the American Petroleum Institute, the oil businesses chief lobbying tool, has the gall to threaten the President of the United States if he doesn’t vote the right, and I
The Newtish one really screwed the pooch on Meet the Press, when he accused President Obama of being at war with the Catholic Church. It seems that the Newted thing, joined later by the other GOP candidates, took a quote from Cardinal
Income inequality is grinding down the middle class and threatens to create a permanent underclass of able but jobless people. The financial sector in collusion with regulators and elected officials inflated and profited from the credit card bubble and then watched it
I have gotten a lot of feedback stating that I am overreacting, re: Obama signing away our individual freedoms by signing the National Defense Authorization Act. Fair enough. But lets take a look at just one scenario that is also in the
The Democrats have the best plans but the Republicans have a better information delivery system in almost all policy debates. If you listen to Paul Ryan speak about health insurance you realize that he is a terrific speaker with a facility for