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Even Labour Party MPs Can’t Get Needed Health Services in Britain

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A former left-wing Member of the British Parliament and a long-time backer of Britain's government-run National Health Service (NHS) is rethinking her opinion of the NHS – because a decision it is making may cost the former MP her eyesight ...
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The Veterans Administration: Not So ‘Lean And Efficient’ After All

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David Hogberg writes: When arguing for socialized medicine, the political left loves to point to the Veterans Administration as a government system that gets it right and can be used as a model for a government-run health care system for ...
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Guardian Blast at America Boomerangs

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Merrill Goozner at the leftie Center for Science in the Public Interest (as opposed to the Center for Objective Science, presumably) went to the equally-leftie Guardian in Britain to argue in favor of expanding the insolvent U.S. Medicare system to ...
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Ann Coulter at CPAC

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I'm sorry to see that Ann Coulter once again made certain news coverage of CPAC would be focused upon her instead of upon the conservative movement's goals and principles. The National Center for Public Policy Research is one of very ...
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New Orleans is the Cindy Sheehan of Cities

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Don Surber nails it when it comes to the $77 billion lawsuit the city of New Orleans has just filed against every American taxpayer. New Orleans is the Cindy Sheehan of cities: Because it suffered a loss, most people are ...
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Is the Gore Effect Expanding?

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Is the Gore Effect afflicting more global warming provocateurs than merely America's own Al Gore? The Canadian website Small Dead Animals notes that David Suzuki, the Canadian Al Gore (minus the sex appeal), may be suffering from the same malady ...
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Getting Dental Care From the Government Can Be Like Pulling Teeth

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David Hogberg writes: The American Prospect's Ezra Klein cites a Washington Post article as another reason we need "universal health care." The article tells the story of Deamonte Driver, a young boy who apparently died of a brain infection brought ...
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British Doctors Disillusioned with Central Control

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A poll of 3,000 British doctors, says the London Times, "shows a profession disillusioned with central control, angered by the growth of bureaucracy, and deeply skeptical..." Government-run medicine seems to be working out great in Britain, doesn't it? Hat tip: ...
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Al Gore’s Energy Use

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From the Tennessee Center for Policy Research comes this interesting information about Al Gore's energy use: [Al] Gore's mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in ...
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NASA Climate Guru: Pretend I’m Being Quoted as a Private Citizen

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"Private citizen" James Hansen gets headlines for his personal opinion on the construction of coal plants. Never mind that the headline ("NASA climate guru: Don't build coal plants") refers to his job at NASA, or that an AP article's text ...
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