When preemptive warnings make sense, and silly season criticism doesn’t

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

The Obama campaign is running on empty. Empty, when it misrepresents the Clinton gas tax holiday plan as leading to “boost oil industry profits” - when the simple truth is that Obama doesn’t have a straightforward alternative plan himself. Empty, when he misrepresents Clinton’s answer to an ABC journalist’s hypothesis of a nuclear attack on [...]

So, what happened here?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

He’s going nowhere with a startling lack of ambition on the universal healthcare issue*, doesn’t communicate commitment to a strong economic reconstruction effort either, and now that gas prices are going through the roof (and voters are urging candidates to come up with a plan) he’s opted for attacking his own empty hands. And he’s [...]

On introducing universal health care in the US

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Tell me, dear Obama supporter…

I recommend reading Paul Krugman’s piece - again. While you do that, ruminate on this: regardless of its ethical imperative, providing universal health care coverage is a strategic national security asset, too.

(Added PS: compound image courtesy of originals borrowed from Barry’s Barrels (in NZ) and Vogelzang.)