Over the last few months, I have taken part in a number of ad hoc online discussion on facebook and other places about health care. In a number of cases I was responding to the challenges of conservative friends. I've tried to pull that...

All of the great progressive political leaders were smiling down on the US last night as the House vote tally flipped to the magical number of 216. JFK, RFK. LBJ, FDR, MLK, Harry, Truman, Teddy Kennedy and Roosevelt, and yes, even...