A Food and Drug Administration panel today voted 6-0 to halt the use of cancer drug Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer, saying studies have failed to show Avastin is effective for that purpose. The recommendation came after two days of testimony from patients, doctors, and advocacy groups. The panel faced several tearful accounts of women, young and old, who believed Avastin saved their lives. Dozens of protesters, | Read More »
Richard Stengel is lauded by the political left as a smart and knowlegeable reporter, and is well thought of as Editor of Time Magazine. After this week’s edition, one has to wonder why. Time’s headline story is titled, “Does It Still Matter?’. It refers to the U.S. Constitution. And in large part, Stengel’s answer is “No”. In fact, he basically argues that it never mattered. Stengel points | Read More »
As the legal case for Obamacare makes its way up to the Supreme Court, both sides have been ferreting out their legal defense of their positions. Legal scholars have noted that the Obama Administration’s defense of their massive health care plan has changed over time. Originally the government was arguing that the law was regulating the mental activity of whether or not to purchase insurance. | Read More »
Today, the House of Representatives rejected elevating the debt ceiling. It was no surprise that Republicans uniformly voted against the measure. It was more interesting that 82 Democrats also voted ‘No‘. The Democrat leadership, led by Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, framed the vote as a protest over what they called hyperpartisanship. Sure..I am sure that is why your Blue Dog coalition voted against the | Read More »
With the Mitch Daniels announcement that he is not going to run for President, as well as official announcements by Tim Pawlenty and Herman Cain that they are running, it appears that the Republican slate of candidates is almost complete. Politico, citing GOP insiders, says that they do not believe that there are any other major candidates willing to declare for 2012. “The waiting is over,” | Read More »
The assassination of Osama Bin Laden was a great moment for the United States, as it issued final justice to a man responsible for the death of thousands here at home and abroad. The intelligence necessary to locate Bin Laden has of course become a political football, as the issue of harsh interrogations once again enters the American political consciousness. I think the discussions are | Read More »
With the death of Osama Bin Laden, I hope to see a few weeks of nonpartisan love. If there is one thing that the two political parties can agree on, it is that the world is a better place today with that monster off the face of the planet. President Barack Obama clearly had the penultimate foreign policy achievement of his Presidency last night. Very | Read More »
President Barack Obama does have a knack of giving advice to others, because…well, he knows better, right? In an interview with Romona Robinson of WKYC TV, Cleveland’s NBC affiliate, Mr. Obama stated that he strongly disapproves of new laws restricting public employee unions in Ohio and Wisconsin. He said states should not use the financial crisis as an excuse to erode bargaining rights. Gov. John Kasich of | Read More »
Now, the lines are drawn. Mr. Obama has laid out his ‘plan’, which was much less a plan than simple drivel, containing mostly political vitriol and hate. He spent the time distorting and demagoguing conservative plans to solve the budgetary issues. Basically, this was a 2012 campaign speech, and nothing more. As Jake Tapper of ABC News called it, it was Obama’s “Throw Momma From the | Read More »
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