Michael Tanner has more details about the ObamaCare health reforms. The bottom line? A new Federal system will be created to compete with private care. This Federal plan will be cheaper, so it will crowd out the private plans over time. It will be cheaper because the Feds will determine what they will pay for the services, and the providers will be left with no choice but to provide the service or get out of the business. Remember, when thinking about health care keep this in mind...one man's costs are another man's income. Which is why passing his health plan, or even achieving something that lowers health costs, is a difficult row to hoe.

Unlike Charles Foster Kane, Google doesn't think it would be fun to run a newspaper.

While the folks at the Pentagon hesitate to release a report on the recidivism of former Guantanamo detainees, the Democrats in Congress are hobbling the President's plans to close the facility by going NIMBY on the issue of where to put the detainees.

Of course, you don't need foreigners to hatch terror plots here in America, as there are still some guys willing to give terrorism a go right here in River City. Fortunately, they aren't the brightest bulbs in the light tower, and the FBI still has some smart folks trying to stop them.

California is a budgetary basket case. This article in The New York Times blames their system of direct democracy and the super majority requirements for budgets and taxes. George Will blames their movie star governor. At least one California paper tried to blame the voters, only to take that editorial off their website and replace it with a piece blaming the politicians, a move that caused at least one blogger to say newspapers deserve to die. I think there is plenty of blame to go around. The voters bear some responsibility in that they keep voting for legislators who pass spending programs without the requisite tax revenue to support them, then turn around and blast the politicians when they have the chance through the ballot initiatives. The Governor shares the blame, since he does not provide the leadership necessary to create momentum for workable solutions. Perhaps a bumper sticker should appear on California automobiles reading, "Where is Reagan Now That We Need Him".

Gay marriage is not yet a reality here in New Hampshire, as the House fails to pass a bill legalizing the practice with the conditions necessary to avoid a gubernatorial veto. A House-Senate conference committee will try to work out the differences and get something that can pass both houses and avoid a veto.