11/16/14 Grubercare/Grubergate

Jonathan Gruber. “I don’t know who he is,” said Nancy Pelosi, recently. “You meant to say Hans Gruber,” someone said. “No. Jonathan Gruber, not Hans Gruber. Hans Gruber is the bad guy, John McClain’s nemesis, in the movie Diehard,” someone offered. “Well, they seem a lot alike to me,” was the reply, “Only Hans knew…

12/4/13 THE PLAN under the ACA

I have been the recipient of some benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (The ACA, also known as Obamacare). I wonder by what name I should call it now? Should I take the administration’s recent cue and revert to calling it the ACA instead of Obamacare? Should I call it the ACA…