When I finally quit smoking, permanently, I dispensed with a lot of the ritual that had accompanied failed attempts. My attitude was along the lines “stop cutesy-pieing this up with your spreadsheets and countdowns and whatever else and just put them down.” Consequently I can’t tell you my exact quit date, though I think it … Read more
You didn’t read it. I know you didn’t. Almost no one did. The main reason you didn’t read it, and the main reason that almost no one did? “If you like your current health plan, you can keep your current health plan.” – Barack Obama That’s what did it. Your thinking goes “OK, this is … Read more
Four Pinocchios for our esteemed president’s claim that “no one will take away” your current health insurance, and good for The Washington Post. Obama’s “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” is one of the most recognizable and prominent things he’s said in his entire career. In terms of a dictation of … Read more