If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the state, then a single-payer system is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, it is fiscally unsustainable without rationing.

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In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they...

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they...

If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine,...

If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine,...

I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing...

I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing...

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time...

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time...

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: fair,...

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: fair,...

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with...

Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with...

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq...

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq...

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor....

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor....

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike...

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike...

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless...

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless...

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But...

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But...

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about...

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about...

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

An angry man is again angry with himself, when he returns to reason

An angry man is again angry with himself, when he returns to reason

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull...

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull...

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air