After the president’s recent address to Congress on the urgency of health care, the White House put together a 4-minute video featuring highlights of Obama’s presentation. This struck me as comical particularly because the president isn’t the one writing, debating, amending and voting on the legislation; Obama has a plan, sure, but the details are [...]

via my.barackobama.com
Join the president for a virtual town hall on health care reform. Formally “RSVP” on the website, or you can submit questions via Twitter by sending a Tweet to @BarackObama with the hashtag #hc09. If enough people ask the serious, tough questions, he won’t be able to ignore them.
(Bonus for those [...]

On my radio show tonight, on RFC [10EST, 9 CST], I talk about exactly what Megan McCardle says here:
These aren’t just a way to save on health care; they’re a way to extend and expand the cultural hegemony of wealthy white elites. No, seriously. Living a fit, active life is correlated with being [...]

@BillMcCabe, a fellow conservative on Twitter, emailed me to share a letter to the editor he submitted to the Chicago Tribune, reflecting on Obama’s first 6 months in office:
Last fall, there was quite a stir as Barack Obama was poised to become our first African-American President. He ran on “hope” and “change” and the [...]

Silvio Berlusconi is in town to meet with President Obama today and discuss the possibility of Italy taking a few Guantanamo detainees, as well as economic recovery, Afghanistan and Iran, according to the AP.
What’s not on the agenda, so far as we know, is a discussion of health care.
It should be.
Berlusconi, whom the AP calls [...]

Justin Higgins, of ShotsOnTheHouse.com and a contributor I recruited for the American Issues Project blog, has put together a great parody song that President Obama needs to hear.
It’s important to note that the use of ‘Change’ in the title and refrain refer to Obama’s Hope and Change–not coins. Clearly, there won’t be a lot of [...]

A big thank you to family friend Dave for passing this video along:

It’s hard to pick, but “Who can save the poor? Who can pick the teams that are in the Final Four?” and “Who can take your income and tax it all away?” are probably my favorite lines.
What line made you laugh the most?

What’s notably absent from the lows list on Yahoo’s article about the highs and lows of President Obama’s first 100 days?
The fact that the budget alone adds $1.75 trillion to our national deficit, on top of the months of wasteful spending we’ve seen. President Obama, that is your legacy for our children and our children’s [...]