There's a certain irony that Ted Kennedy has died just as President Barack Obama, who seems to very much grok the senator's mind-set, is pushing health care reform, the issue Kennedy called "the cause of my life." Virtually all Americans understand that if any sort of legislation actually gets passed, it will make their lives slightly more hellish when it comes to cost, bureaucracy, and quality of care. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
I finished reading this piece because I thought that there HAD to be something positive in it. Wrong. On the other hand, there is something here worth comment. After 600 hundred or so words of faint praise and outright criticism of Kennedy's record, Mr. Gillespie concludes by praising Kennedy's efforts in deregulating the interstate trucking and airline industries, cooing over the way that each has "vastly improved the quality of life in America..." Maybe from his perspective, but ... More »
This is essentially an ideological rant against government dressed as a critique of Ted Kennedy's accomplishments. Undocumented assertions shed little light.
A number of things come immediately to mind upon reading this article: 1.In claiming that Kennedy was for a top down style of governing, the author does not cite sources or examples but seems to expect that we should know that from experience. 2.In criticizing NCLB (which I think is justified) he does not mention that, that was very much pushed by BushCo--a group that believed that government is the problem, so when under their watch government does not work (big surprise) they can ... More »
I found it curious that portions of the article were rife with links, while other assertions (see quote) were unsupported. In general, it's too heavy-handed for my tastes.
Indeed, upwards of 70 percent of Americans fear that a compulsory national system will diminish the quality of their care, and 77 percent expect costs to rise. Americans ... More »
I'm not sure where he gets those 70 percent figures. I think out of thin air. I am on medicare and the government does an EXCELLENT job, far better than most private companies I had experience with. I think the logo "Free minds and Free makets" tells us all we need to know about the writer's position.
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