Thursday, December 24, 2009

“What Liberals Don't Understand: The Health Care Bill Is the Greatest Achievement of Our Time”

This is the title of an article by The New Republic's Senior Editor Jonathan Chait, describing the health care bill that just passed the Senate.

At some level, it is possible to understand the roots of liberal frustration. The machinery of Congress has ground away at the health care bill, as it does to almost any bill. But at a broader level, the liberal mood is insane. What has emerged from that machinery is not merely “better than nothing” or “a good start.” It is the most significant American legislative triumph in at least four decades. Why can so few people see that? Link

Monday, December 21, 2009

Health Reform Illustrated

By Igor Volsky at the Wonk Room:



Glenn Beck: Media Matters' 2009 Misinformer of the Year


Glenn Beck's well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States -- and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos -- uncorked the former Morning Zoo shock jock's unique brand of vitriol, stage theatrics, and hyperbolic fright, making him an easy choice for Media Matters' 2009 Misinformer of the Year.

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