Mar 12 2010

The shape of things to come

Hanns Kuttner, at NRO’s Critical Condition blog, offers a reasonably accessible explanation of how the Democrats plan to enact Obamacare. Kuttner says the House Dems will attempt to adopt a “self-executing rule” that, in one vote, passes the Senate health-care-reform bill and a reconciliation bill. If the Dems prevail on that one [...]

Oct 1 2009

The Shape of Things to Come?

In the absence of a discernable trajectory of purpose, a person’s actions may seem random, unpredictable, and inexplicable. Why did he do that? Why not this? What’s he going to do next? We haven’t a clue.
But sometimes, in a great flash, you finally see the pattern; and all previous actions make [...]