Recent Comments

1. about 7 hours ago on Strange Brew

   That was no help to all the marine animals (including birds) that were killed by it at the time, and Corexit is toxic and actually made things worse.

2. about 8 hours ago on Strange Brew

   Both phrases are in the song.

3. about 9 hours ago on Clay Bennett

   It doesn’t work that way. Impeachment and conviction penalties are limited to removal from office, and being banned from ever again holding office.

   “Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal fromOffice, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust orProfit under the United States”.

4. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I do, but not 100%, and I didn’t consider it relevant to the subject. But it would be relevant to a discussion on Medicare For All, because I wouldn’t need a supplemental.

5. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Only a few?

6. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I’ve never had any reason to call Medicare. They pay their portion of the bill, after reducing the obscenely high charges to something actually sensible, and I pay my portion. No muss, no fuss.

7. 1 day ago on Signe Wilkinson

   Medicare For All means a net tax cut. Public taxes will go up, especially for the rich, while the private taxes of premiums, co-pays, deductibles, out-of-network pricing, surprise billing, will go down – to zero.

8. 1 day ago on Signe Wilkinson

   That is also completely inadequate. The point of Medicare For All is, in the end, to remove capitalism from the process as far as patients are concerned. A public option, no matter how good it is, is only a patch on a corrupted system. And what about people who simply can’t afford it?

9. 1 day ago on Crumb

   The snails are fine with the algae.

10. 2 days ago on Mike Luckovich

    A Republican tradition, amplified.