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During the 2004 campaign, Daschle couldn't avoid the issue of work he did for NARAL and Emily's List. He even refused to answer a reporter's question about whether he was pro-choice and, in the process, confirmed the criticism that he...

I think Jonathon Chait gets it about right. If you are going to take a position, have arguments. Don't just tell me how much you care....

I don't know, and most likely neither do you. One sure can't tell from his position on Wallace v. Jaffree (1985). But the Associated Press and even the Washington Times have pounced on a memo about that case. The problem...

'Fantasy' of the 48-hour wait to see a GP

The UK is held up by the Social(ist) Democrats as one of the examples of progressive European healthcare that we should emulate. Based on this, pray that this never happens!

Ministers have been accused of living in "a fantasy world" after new evidence contradicted Government claims that almost everyone can see a GP within 48 hours. A YouGov poll for The Daily Telegraph suggests that almost half of patients cannot get an appointment to see a family doctor within two days, despite the fact that this is supposed to be a key Government achievement.

Note: the GOAL is to get into a doc within 48 hours - seems to the Chief to be a rather non-ambitious goal - but apparently beyond the UK National Health Service's capability.

The waiting time results are particularly embarrassing because Lord Warner, a health minister, issued a news release in May saying that "almost everyone in England can now see a GP within 48 hours". He put the figure at 99.98 per cent. YouGov found that only 44 per cent of respondents said they were able to see a GP within that target.

These survey results are at variance with "official" surveys, but not to fear, there is a reason for the difference:

The official figures are compiled by primary care trusts and Mr Lansley said that some trusts were alerting surgeries when surveys were going to be carried out, so that doctors could make sure that backlogs were cleared.

There's more in the article. This is tantamount to the proposed Hillarycare that (justly) was shot down in flames, may it always be so!

Bob Costas may be the last media/news personality left who has an honest-to-God soul: Costas Refuses to Host Show on Holloway. While some cable TV hosts are making their living off the Natalee Holloway case this summer, Bob Costas is...

Our new neighbor in the regional blogosphere, Talmage Ekander (South Dakota Lawyer), has interesting piece on evolution and environmentalism. I concur in part and dissent in part. Almost all orthodox environmentalist share a common confusion. They priviledge (ok, its not...

Todd Epp pulled a Sibby and left the Democrat Party and became an Independent. Here it is in his own words:So today I made the fifteen minute or so trek to Canton from Harrisburg. Enjoyed the drive as usual. Stopped...

I have noticed that to the anti-Thune elitists, it doesn?t matter what John Thune and his supporters do?it is never good enough. So I don?t know why I am bothering with this photo. But it seems that how close ones...

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