June 30th, 2009
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
FIXING HEALTH CARE - Lawyers, HMOs maintain tight grip
By Alan Nathan
Published October 11, 2007
Whether it’s the GOP Kow-towing to the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) lobbyists, or Democrats succumbing to the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), the two establishment-parties are discovering that donors often cost more than they give.
It’s like the imaginary independence of young college students: The degree to which they’re reliant upon Mumzie and Dadzie is the extent to which they are answerable to them. Real freedom requires either self-sustaining means, or good-will assistance with no strings attached. Unfortunately, these interest groups provide enough string to support a bondage convention.
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November 18th, 2008
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
By Alan Nathan
November 28, 2008
What chance do arguments have to rise and fall on their merits if they’re framed by a seemingly party-owned press? And once that party comes to power, won’t its lackey journalists constitute a type of state-owned press? In other words (after Inauguration Day), how can the blushing news media keep from sharing President-elect Barack Obama’s political bed - given they have already serviced his electoral needs?
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October 17th, 2008
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
By Alan Nathan
Published October 17, 2008
In all three presidential debates, some pivotal facts have been grotesquely obscured. The very law that Democrats cite as the reason for our current financial mess, and the one for which they blame Sen. John McCain, is a law that he opposed and they supported [-] along with the majority of both Republicans and Democrats that included Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. Here’s a quick recap in case you missed it:
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September 25th, 2008
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
By Alan Nathan
Published September 25, 2008
Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama said in his convention speech that the promise of America is, “the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother’s keeper; I am my sister’s keeper.” Now the easiest criticism to launch against Mr. Obama is the charge of hypocrisy given that his own brother lives in a Kenyan shack on a dollar a month and receives no assistance from his famous sibling. More perilous though is the collectivist message that he and his supporters send, i.e., provide the needy with a floor by oppressing the rest with a ceiling. However, their modus operandi is far more nefarious: “Vote for us and we’ll take from others in the name of giving to you - thus ensuring your motivated reliance upon our electoral success.”
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