• A Santorum Blow Out and Some Journalistic Hog-calling

    Against the backdrop of the glorified hog-calling contest that has been triggered by the HHS mandate, Rick Santorum swept to an impressive victory in all the three primaries in play last night. Minnesota and Missouri were anticipated...

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  • Groundhog Day 2012

    One of my favorite movies of the past decades is Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray and Punxsutawney Phil.  Harold Ramis’s imaginative fable concerns a man with an attitude required to re-live one day of his life until...

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  • Whoopie Cushion Tuesday in the Orange Crush State

    Since we last posted, Newt Gingrich has accused Mitt Romney of denying kosher meals to needy Massachusetts seniors when he was governor. Mitt has sung several more patriotic songs at rallies, predicting victory. He has also, as...

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  • A Republican Stimulus Package

    The Florida Primary continues along a predictable course. Romney’s up; he’s down. Gingrich is ‘on’; he’s having an ‘off’ day. Santorum gets off a zinger, but he’s stuck in the polls. Paul pleases his loyalists, but adds...

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  • Whither the Republican Party?

    It has bothered me that my recent posts have come down pretty hard on the Republican Party. I intended to keep my pieces about Health Policy as neutral as possible. That said, it was plain to me...

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