A conservative strategy for health care reform now that Obamacare is law; the administration’s new poverty definition; and how even progressives can love federalism.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Wednesday Links: Obamacare and Other Expansions of Government
Daniel Larison is skeptical that there’s a political constituency for repealing Obamacare. He argues that “discontent with the bill will come later as all of its measures take effect after the repeal strategy has been tried and found electorally lacking.” That doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying, though—not least because the Left views this monstrous bill […]
Online and Offline Fundraising Go Hand-in-Hand
Kevin Gentry of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation was kind enough to include my take on the role of online fundraising in his “Fundraising Tip of the Week” e-mail: Direct mail and new media are complementary and reinforce one another. Even with the best online fundraising campaign, you’d still be leaving money on the table […]
Why Is the Government Rebuilding the World Trade Center?
New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, argue in today’s New York Times that the World Trade Center “redevelopment process was always intended to be a public-private collaboration.” They urge the Port Authority, the public agency that owns the site, to further assist with the project’s finances. […]
Monday Links: Jim Bunning, Bad Architecture, Gordon Brown and Google
Jim Bunning holds the line on spending; the ugly new American embassy in London; Simon Heffer on Gordon Brown; and Google’s algorithm.