From CNN, “Democrats soften pledge for three-day posting of health bill”: House Democrats appear to be softening their pledge to allow the public 72 hours to review the health care reform package online before a House vote. “We will certainly give as much notice as possible, but I’m not going to say that 72 hours is going to be the litmus test,” said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Friday. “The

Bring on the bread and circuses! Republicans now expect Democrats to pass health care through the House with a trick only Capitol Hill could dream up: approving the Senate bill without voting on it. Democrats will vote on a separate bill that includes language stating that the original Senate bill is “deemed passed.” So by voting for the first bill — a reconciliation measure to fix certain things in the

HM: “You ever hear that song about the meatball that rolled off the table and into a bush? That was me. Though it helped that the bush in question was already wet as a canoe bottom. So I can’t take all the credit…”

— A caffeinated, piping hot beverage Party that the mainstream press can get behind! Meet the “Coffee Party.” Whose most important redeeming quality seems to be, well, that they bill themselves as “an answer to the Tea Party, a year-old protest movement that’s steeped in fiscal conservatism and boiling-hot, anti-tax rhetoric.” And what is that “answer”? A gathering together of salt of the earth folk like John Purser, a “humble”

Backlash against Colorado lawmakers — who joined New York, Rhode Island, and North Carolina lawmakers in an attempt to tax online merchants like Amazon into “fairness” — has been fairly loud, as such things go, and my sense is that all but “progressives” (and state reps with a D in front of their names) are none too fond of the new laws, which won’t generate any more revenue for the

Or, more directly, “How ObamaCare is killing free trade”. (This latest installment of “I told you so” brought to you by protein wisdom. Who told you so.)

From David Harsanyi: There seems to be growing optimism among some Republicans that if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finagles the votes to pass Obamacare, the GOP will triumphantly sweep into power and immediately repeal it. While short-term GOP gains are almost certain, there are numerous problems with this kind of quixotic thinking. To begin with, there exists almost no historical evidence to suggest Republicans will possess either the fortitude or

Time to fire up Lucas, The Lost Boys, and License to Drive — if only for closure: Actor and former teen idol Corey Haim has died at the age of 38, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed to KTLA. Haim died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday of an apparent accidental overdose, according to the LAPD’s North Hollywood Division. Coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said an autopsy would determine an official cause

From “How to Deconstruct Anything — My Postmodern Adventure”: Looking at the field of contemporary literary criticism as a whole also yields some valuable insights. It is a cautionary lesson about the consequences of allowing a branch of academia that has been entrusted with the study of important problems to become isolated and inbred. The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism