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Reinforcing CHUTZPAH Over Health Care Reform
Having already presented a Chutzpah of the Week award to Howard Dean for asking “Where’s the reform?” in the health care bill that was debated in the Senate, I may be accused by some of being redundant in offering another award for...
The Obama Administration Loses Its Touch in Cyberspace
Irrationality is often an excellent symptom of desperation, particularly when it involves losing grip on your best strengths. This lesson goes all the way back to the Old Testament. The Israelites lost the strength of their faith as soon as they...
‘Where’s the Reform?’
Where is Clara Peller now that we need her? For those who do not remember this icon of political history, Clara was the actress who played the little old lady in a Wendy’s commercial that looked an oversized hamburger bun and snapped back, “Where’s...
Switzerland Discovers Irrationality?
Imogen Foulkes’ analysis for BBC News of the Swiss vote to ban minarets indicates that the descent of reasoned political debate into irrationality has now spread beyond the United States to Europe. As I read it, I could not help but remember...
Honoring the Opposition
I used my lunch hour to (finally) watch the Book TV broadcast of Howard Dean at Politics and Prose last August promoting his book on health care reform. While I did not disagree with any of his major points, I found myself disconcerted by his worldview...
Undermining Health Care Reform
Like Al Gore, Howard Dean is not afraid to talk about inconvenient truths concerned with potential crises. Also, like Gore, Dean seems to have discovered that it is easier to talk about those truths through the media of entertainment, rather than...
George Bush And John McCain Lack the Courage To Ban Torture – Political Opinion
Today, President Bush vetoed an intelligence bill because he opposed a provision in it that would ban the use of torture, such as waterboarding, even though a majority — 58 percent — of Americans oppose the technique.
