Mike Pilewski writes about life, politics and culture in the United States
Three weeks ago, this column expressed the opinion that Barack Obama was wasting his time trying to get Republican support for his health-care reform bill. And, lo, in the historic vote held close to midnight on Sunday, not a single Republican voted for it. All Obama needed to do was concentrate on appeasing conservative Democrats — but even that was … >>
For most of August, America’s representatives in Congress were back in their home states, meeting with their constituents. Many of these voters were angry because of plans to reform the health-care system. “This is about the dismantling of this country,” one woman shouted at Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. “We don’t want this country to turn into Russia!” A woman carrying … >>