WHAT A FINE GOVERNING CLASS WE HAVE: “The common thread here is a twisted sense of entitlement; all of these folks in high office encountered circumstances where the rules and laws that the rest of us have to follow proved inconvenient, too inconvenient to interrupt the important work of these important men.”

EDUCATION IS TOO IMPORTANT for a government monopoly.

[T]wo factors predict a country's educational success: Do the schools have the autonomy to experiment, and do parents have a choice?

Yet the establishment is against choice.... This is typical of elitists, who believe that parents, especially poor ones, can't make good choices about their kids' education.

Paul Greenberg has an example.

REPORTING THE FACTS is not our policy.

THE CASE FOR catastrophic health insurance: [W]hy I have health insurance is simple: my employer pays for it. If my employer didn't pay for it, I wouldn't have it. I'd buy a catastrophic policy from a reputable insurer to cover any amount that might bankrupt me, and self-insure for everything else.”

I would, too. But I can’t, because my employer won’t offer it; my wife’s employer won’t offer it; and I can’t buy it on the open market because I have a “pre-existing condition” (at my age, anything less than a perfect medical record is a “pre-existing condition”.)

OBAMA must avoid health plan mistakes on energy.

The common theme in ObamaCare and Cap-and-Trade is the need for the populace to sacrifice for the common good.

Never having worn a hair shirt himself, Obama doesn’t appear capable of recognizing the discomfort Americans have with his policies.

Liberals : dumb ideas :: moths : flames

CANADIAN PROVENCIAL PREMIER DANNY WILLIAMS says he does not regret coming to the U.S. for heart surgery.

Williams tells the Canadian press: "This was my heart — my choice. I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics."
Despite his run to the border for private care, Williams says he has the utmost confidence in his country's public system.

So why did he come here?

Mark Steyn comments.

OXYMORON

Via Prickly City.

[Update] I should point out that one could substitute "REPUBLICAN" or even "POLITICIAN" and it would still be an oxymoron.

LIBERAL ECONOMICS: Empiricism be damned.

WHY I OPPOSE OBAMACARE: Megan McArdle explains my position perfectly.