To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
I Had A Dream
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Her name is Susan Boyle. If you haven’t heard of her, you need to listen to her. Consider it my gift to you. Go to YouTube, along with the tens of millions of others who already have, and listen to the voice of an angel – a plump, unemployed, 47-year-old “spinster” [as […]
Gov. Gooberhead
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Texas politics has long been a source of great amusement for the people of our state, but it’s often a source of bafflement for people beyond our borders. So, sometimes there’s a need to explain what’s going on here, and this is one of those times. In this case, the explanation is […]
The Hundred Days
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Watch out. Everywhere you look, the talking heads are going to be talking about Barack Obama’s first hundred days. Did he end the war in Iraq? Not yet. Turn the economy around? I’d have to say not yet. The EPA has been making moves, and there’s a new proposed rule on stem […]
Blowhard, To A Texas Tea
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Listen to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. “We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that.” No, governor, I don’t know. “Texas is a very unique place, and […]
Bottom Line For The Already Insured
BY FROMA HARROP The hardest group to sell on national health reform is those who don’t desperately need it. That would include Americans who already have coverage through a workplace, about 160 million in all, and are reasonably happy with their deal. The comfortably insured are always the target for scare-talk about rationing, loss of […]
