Karen Sue Smith

It would be helpful to compare the candidates views on health care Yet it is nearly impossible to compare the Affordable Care Act with Mitt Romney rsquo s health care ldquo plan rdquo because while the reform is a complex detailed piece of legislation Mr Romney rsquo s plan is more of a noti

Medicare is critically important so a national discussion on the topic could be helpful But that is not the same as making Medicare a political football Rather than listening merely to the heated rhetoric being exchanged between the Republicans and Democrats on Medicare it is helpful to hear wha

It is refreshing to read the economic analysis of Bruce Bartlett a Republican who has worked for Presidents Reagan and George H W Bush as well as for Jack Kemp and Ron Paul In a recent column NYT 8 5 12 ldquo The Clinton Tax Challenge for Republicans rdquo Bartlett compares the results of G

This piece was posted yesterday Unfortunately due to server problems two posts on In All Things were lost We are reposting the original content in its entirety below On July 10 Matt Miller an opinion writer for the Washington Post and a public radio co-host distilled the G O P rsquo s mes

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld most of the Affordable Care Act Congressional supporters and President Obama have one final opportunity to sell the health care reform to the American people Although they worked hard and long to pass the bill against Republican opposition in Congress they fa