Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech talk about the latest news about Spain’s bank bailout, how it’s likely to impact the United States, and whether the European Union has a future. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so | Read More »
Over the past two years, a policy battle of enormous significance for the future of health care and liberty in the United States has played out in state legislatures and governor’s mansions across the country. The question: whether states will bow to President Obama’s wishes and implement his versions of health insurance exchanges – rife with bureaucratic regulations, delivery mechanisms for the whims of Kathleen | Read More »
Got any questions for Rep. Raúl Labrador (ID-01), Rep. Tim Huelskamp (KS-01), Rep. Jeff Landry (LA-03), Rep. Allen West (FL-22), Rep. Mick Mulvaney (SC-05), Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Rep. Ted Poe (TX-02), Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25), Rep. Sandy Adams (FL-24), Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06), Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-05), or Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-04), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee? You | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Benjamin Domenech moderates a super-sized panel with Guy Benson, Matt Lewis, and Pejman Yousefzadeh on their reactions to last night’s debate. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related | Read More »
The big news yesterday on the health care policy front is that the 11th Circuit case against the individual mandate is headed to the Supreme Court before the 2012 election, not after. This means a decision about the constitutionality of the individual mandate is likely to come in mid-2012, after the Republicans have chosen a nominee but well before the election ramp up. This is | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Bruce Walker talks about the government’s attempt to stop the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, and Elizabeth Blackney and Benjamin Domenech walk through the HPV vaccine issue in response to Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Elizabeth Blackney and Benjamin Domenech walk through the latest poll numbers for Barack Obama. Hint: They’re really, really bad. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Francis Cianfrocca and Ben Domenech talk about the Eurozone in crisis and why computer makers want to get out of the computer making business and into the software/services business. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Francis Cianfrocca and Ben Domenech talk about Rick Perry’s comments on the Fed, and Florida’s Adam Hasner talks about his run for the Senate. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Hillsdale professor and author Burt Folsom joins Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry to discuss his book, New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so | Read More »
Dan Mitchell writes this morning about Andrew Sullivan’s reality-based economic analysis: I was rather amused last night when I read one of his posts, in which he was discussing whether government spending helps or hurts economic performance. He took the view that a bigger public sector stimulated growth, and criticized those who wanted to reduce the burden of government spending, snarkily observing that, “The notion | Read More »
Paul Ryan‘s latest infographic video walks interested citizens through the truth about Medicare’s unsustainable path. Watch it here: “Saving Medicare, Visualized” Ryan makes the case for empowering consumers and Medicare patients versus Obama’s bureaucracy and rationing based solution. It’s one we’ve heard before, but we’ve never seen it encapsulated in such an easily shareable form. Side note: For more than three years, I’ve been arguing | Read More »
Add the Center for Public Integrity to the small list of leftist organizations still bent on smearing George W. Bush. They blasted this to my inbox this morning a piece from former Ramparts editor Peter Stone implying that the reason Bush didn’t attend Obama’s Ground Zero ceremony was because Obama didn’t offer to pay him a speaker’s fee: When George W. Bush declined President Barack | Read More »
Dan Mitchell’s latest video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity walks through the choices facing political leaders on reforming the Medicare system. This is a timely and well-done walk-through on the real choices we face for this system. “Would you be a cost-effective shopper if you were told I’d pay 80% of the cost the next time you buy a new car?” Watch and | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’ll discuss what’s driving gas prices and other environmental issues with James Taylor of the Heartland Institute. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related Links: James | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’re talking commodities, the debt ceiling, and the unemployment rate with Francis Cianfrocca. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related Links: WSJ: Unemployment Rate Rises Bloomberg: | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’re joined by D.B. Grady, a correspondent for The Atlantic, author, paratrooper, and veteran of Afghanistan, to discuss the regional fallout from the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can | Read More »
Dear Mr. Krugman, In regards to your recent blog post maintaining that “patients are not consumers,” and what’s more that such a depiction of a relationship is “sickening” — your romantic image of health care, apparently garnered from too many viewings of ER, House M.D., or perhaps General Hospital, apparently consists of handsome wisecracking surgeons facing a barrage of patients bleeding out or dealing with | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by John J. Miller to discuss his new book, The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football. Then Nick Ayers stops by to discuss Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 presidential campaign. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Tim Pawlenty’s hiring of Nick Ayers and the budget compromise that was reached on Friday night. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do | Read More »
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