Does Having Health Insurance Decrease Mortality?

Megan McArdle questions whether having health insurance actually correlates with improved mortality rates - a question everyone seems to think is obvious. But apparently, it's not quite so simple.

The Fairy Tale of Fatah Moderation.

Caroline Glick shows why the U.S. and Israeli governments must recognize the intent of "moderate" Palestinian Fatah's commitment to destroy Israel.

A Summary of ClimateGate and its Offspring

Mark Landsbaum: What to say to a global warming alarmist from the OC Register.

Obama vs. Bush Budget Deficits

According to Jeffrey Anderson at Investor's Business Daily:

"In all, if Congress approves his current budget, Obama's deficit spending will total $3.5 trillion for the first half of his first term. President Bush's deficit spending totaled $2.9 trillion. In other words, Obama's deficit spending for his first two years in office will exceed Bush's deficit spending for his entire eight-year presidency."

(The source for this information is, "Obama's own White House Office of Management and Budget.")

The great global warming collapse

Read a good summary of Climategate at The Globe and Mail.

It seems that the so-called "scientific consensus" which environmentalists insist exists has indeed collapsed when someone like John Beddington, the chief scientific adviser to the British government, and a "staunch believer in man-made climate change," says, "...There is a fundamental uncertainty about climate change prediction that can't be changed.”