End of life counseling is back as a political issue after the president decided to add it to Obamacare by executive fiat. If you remember, this was one of the things that led to Sarah Palin’s infamous “death panel” fiction that caused such a furor over the summer. What is proposed, in the real world, [...]

Well, Obama was right after all. He kept reaching out to Republicans, no matter how intransigent and belligerent they were, in the belief that eventually Democrats and Republicans would find it in their best interests to come to an agreement. And finally, they did.

There’s a fascinating dual dramatic comedy being played out in the Senate, as the Party of NO tries desperately to halt financial reform on behalf of their Wall Street pals, while in the hearing room next door Goldman Sachs execs demonstrate why we so desperately need the reform. The most amusing (or tragic) exchange occurred [...]