Wesley J. Smith

President Obama today claimed that since the Post Office hasn’t hurt Fed Ex and UPS, the public plan that would compete with private health insurance is nothing for the companies to fear. That analogy cuts against him both coming and going. Analysis over at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »

Oops: President Obama stepped in a bucket at a town hall meeting today. When a questioner worried about the public option, that would compete—unfairly in my view—with private insurance, the president unwisely brought up the Post Office.  From the story:Obama says the private . . . . Continue Reading »

         An article in the Chicago Tribune seems to be using the power of empathy and emotion about the plight of a very ill illegal alien to convey the message that the undocumented  should also be covered by Obamacare.  And get this, . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m catching some flack for daring to criticize Sarah Palin’s sophmoric (in my view) advocacy about “death boards” and “evil” in Obamacare.  If Palin is going to have impact beyond her own choir, she needs to improve her game.  And I didn’t say she . . . . Continue Reading »

I weigh in a bit more on the Palin “death board” charge over at The Corner. . . . . Continue Reading »

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer weigh in on the great health reform debate in USA Today . Beyond the “un American” accusation being widely discussed throughout the blogosphere and on talk radio, thar’s mendacity in them thar hills. Learn more over . . . . Continue Reading »

I admit that I am not a fan of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the hypocrisy and mendacity of her USA Today column about health care reform (co-authored with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer) is beyond her usual low standards. Time to parse. From their column:Americans have been waiting for nearly a . . . . Continue Reading »

It is amazing how our betters in Congress hate being petitioned by their constituents about a health care bill that could ruin our medical system. And Speaker Pelosi calls people like the doctor in this story who dared to ask his Congressman a question, “Un American.” No, unbelievable. . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a chance—just a chance, because I don’t think the leaders of Congress or the President care much what the people think—that the current Obamacare plans can be defeated.  The key is the independent voters. The new Rasmussen Poll shows they are turning against Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »

The American media is uninterested in fuly reporting the assisted suicide story, particularly the problems that have occurred in Oregon.  But with the issue hotly debated now in the UK, the Daily Mail has a long story illustrating the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide.  Since our own . . . . Continue Reading »