‘Let’s kill grandma’ stays in health care reform bill
It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health…
Screwup reveals details of House ethics probe
Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. Revelations of…
I’m home for a couple of days and want to say goodbye
I love this site but there seems to be no true suggestions for improvement in America. I realize our Monitors are doing a fabulous job and have watching my…
White House pads the numbers on recovery jobs
A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000. A child care center in Florida said…
Can Pelosi deliver the goods on health care?
After months of contentious negotiating, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepared to unveil a retooled health care overhaul plan intended to bridge differences among Democrats and open a history-making floor debate…
White House negotiating with Fox News
Fox News Channel and the Obama administration are talking. The network confirmed a Politico report that Fox news executive Michael Clemente met at the White House on Wednesday with Robert Gibbs,…
Obama wants power to dismantle non-banks
A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, helping to trigger the worst financial crisis in seven decades, the Obama administration is pressing Congress for the power to dismantle other nonbank firms…
The REAL reason not to read CHB
My friend of forty years, known to you as Procrustes, died this morning in the arms of his family and with his dearest friends gathered at his bedside. Neither…
What if Bush had pulled some of Obama’s stunts?
Even though more and more Americans question the increasingly political actions of President Barack Obama, the mainstream media continues -- for the most part -- to give him a pass…
