The latest poll has George Bush flirting dangerously close to the sub-30% mark. Here are the details as published in the New York Times: Bush’s Public Approval at New Low Point So here’s a game for you all: when will he slip below 30%? Remember that each additional point downward is harder to achieve, even […]

Another indictment of the American health care system. CNN picked up this story: U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says – May 9, 2006 This comes hard on the heels of the release last week of a study showing that Americans are clearly less healthy than their English counterparts. This […]

The New York Times is often accused of being a liberal paper. I think that is an unwarranted accusation given its under reporting of this Administration’s failures. Those of you who know me will recall that I think it too often comes across as being an establishment paper, one that thinks its mission is larger […]