Month: October 2013

States’ Medicaid Report Card [UPDATE] The Reveal

If the grade (A-F) criteria were limited to 1) pre-ACA Medicaid eligible percentage enrolled (more is better) and 2) acceptance of the ACA Medicaid expansion, guess which state is at the top of the heap and bottom. To help you...

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Favorite Costume

My memories of Halloween as a child are mostly unhappy. I remember being bitterly cold in my costumes without an overcoat, or having trouble breathing through my plastic Spider-Man mask. The candy was nice, but getting it was...

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Grow Up, Rand Paul

The people who write Wikipedia articles may be largely anonymous, but they are actually engaged in “work.” They write things down and then publish them. This requires energy. So, when you take their work and use it...

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Mr. Booker Goes to Washington

Congratulations to Cory Booker who was just sworn in as a U.S. Senator a few minutes after noon. The Democrats now have 55 members in their caucus. Sen. Booker’s first vote will be a cloture vote to end debate on the...

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We Think You Are Insane

The Republicans’ candidate for Lieutenant Governor in Virginia is a little crazier than average. He thinks that it is a big mistake to do yoga or meditate because if you empty out your mind it will allow Satan to walk...

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