Obamacare

    The Choice Almost Nobody Wants

    By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  October 6th at 11:45 PM  | 

    Far be it from me to not give credit where it is due. Unlike what I detailed last night in the inaugural edition of the Choice and Competition Death Watch, it should be pointed out that the new federal health care legislation did actually create a new choice in many states. A key piece of the legislation was the creation of a new set of | Read More »

    Seventy One Percent of Missouri Voters Agree With Candidate Obama

    By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  August 4th at 09:00 PM  | 

    On Tuesday, Missouri voters went to the polls. Among other things, the voters decided on Proposition C, a statute exempting Missouri from the individual mandate from Obamacare. By an overwhelming percentage, voters rejected Obamacare and passed Prop C (71.1 to 28.9). This ardent rejection of the individual mandate puts Missouri voters on par with then-Candidate Obama who, during the 2008 primary, attacked Sen Hillary Clinton’s | Read More »

    Meet Elston McCowan

    By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  August 10th at 08:00 AM  | 

    This is Elston McCowan. Elston K. McCowan is a former organizer – now the Public Service Director of SEIU Local 2000 – and board member of the Walbridge Community Education Center, and is a Baptist minister, has been a community organizer for more than 23 years, and now, he is running for Mayor of the City of St. Louis under the banner of the Green | Read More »