Category Archives: Politics
He Fed the World
Norman Borlaug died on September 12. He was an agronomist. He saved billions of lives with his Green Revolution. Here’s the story by Gregg Easterbrook in the WSJ.
Your Health Insurance Card Please
The Baucus plan requires everyone to buy health insurance or pay a fine of $3800 for a family of four. Obama opposed that requirement during his campaign.
Kid Talk
The wing nuts demanded a congressional investigation after the president’s speech to school children. That would be President George H.W. Bush’s speech in 1991.
Fears that our future generation of social security payers would be brainwashed by President Obama’s speech this week were overstated. He told kids to study hard and stay in school.Unfortunately they’ll be staying in failing public schools in DC because the Department of Education is shutting down the popular voucher program there.
