September 6, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 7

This is the seventh and last of a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. The hope is that through random selection of pages from the House Bill, using the dartboard met...

September 4, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 6

This is the sixth in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. The hope is that through random selection of pages from the House Bill, using the dartboard method, some l...

September 3, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 5

This is the fifth in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. The hope is that through random selection of pages from the House Bill, using the dartboard method, some l...

September 2, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 4

This is the fourth in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. The hope is that through random selection of pages from the House Bill, using the dartboard method, some ...

September 1, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 3

This is the third in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. The hope is that through random selection of pages from the House Bill, using the dartboard method, some l...

August 31, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 2

This is the second in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. In the prior post, I examined the almost incomprehensible section 1721 concerning payments to primary care...

August 30, 2009

Throwing Darts at HR3200

[Editor's note: Prof. Jacobson has written a better blog entry than the original one posted here originally, so it is substituted, and will be the first of a series - TBL]No one has been able to get a full grasp on the scope of the health c...

May 18, 2009

Nancy Pelosi is the Central Issue

Nancy Pelosi recently accused the CIA of misleading Congress as to interrogation techniques employed against three al-Qaeda leaders.  The CIA pushed back, claiming that Pelosi was given truthful details at briefings at least as early as Septembe...

December 13, 2008

For the Sake of the Nation, Gov. Blagojevich Should Not Resign

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been charged with numerous counts of political corruption.  The corrupt Illinois political system, which gave rise to our President-elect, must be exposed in a public trial - whether in criminal court or in ...

December 4, 2008

It's Time to Speak Out Against The 'Mormon Boycott'

Supporters of gay marriage have reacted with anger at the passage of California Proposition 8, which amended the California state constitution to provide that only marriages that fit the traditional definition (one man, one woman) will be recognized....

November 19, 2008

A Place Where Only Liberal Speech Is Protected

On October 1, 2008, the Ithaca, NY, Common Council declared Ithaca a "Community of Sanctuary" for protestors against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but denied sanctuary status to supporters of the wars.  Proponents of the sanctuary ...

October 29, 2008

It's 3 a.m. and the Prime Minister of Israel is Calling

Joe Biden's warning that America's enemies will test the mettle of Barack Obama is a reminder that this election should be about which presidential candidate is best equipped to handle an international crisis.  For supporters of Israel this ques...

October 19, 2008

A Harvard Trial Lawyer for McCain

I would seem to fit the profile of a Barack Obama supporter.  For over 20 years I represented investors against brokerage firms.  Now I teach at an Ivy League law school.  And I went to Harvard Law School.  Yet I wholeheartedly su...