Commentary By Ron Beasley
I think David Frum gets it about right here:
Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s.
It’s hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster. Conservatives may cheer themselves that they’ll compensate for today’s expected vote with a big win in the [...]
Forget about Democratic sellouts, Republican obstructionists, and anyone else you might be angry at right now, and start figuring out how to take revenge against the worst people in the world: Whoever has been in charge at CBS Sports this weekend.
Yesterday I watched almost every minute of Washington blowing out [...]
So, I'm spending the afternoon flipping back and forth between basketball and coverage of the impending health care vote.
I keep seeing Republican members of Congress saying that they don't support the bill - but that they support some key aspects of the bill. In particular, just about every one of [...]
It looks as though OHSU is getting serious about trying to make a tourist attraction out of the aerial tram [rim shot]. They're marketing it as a fun thing to do over spring break, and starting in mid-May, they're going to operate it on Sunday afternoons.
Nothing says [...] 
Ross Coyle/Oregon Commentator
ASUO Senate President Nicholas Gower shows that he still knows how to class up the student government at a Senate meeting Mar. 17th
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Top 50 list of the Forbes Billionaire list.
Full list here.
1. Carlos Slim Helu & family, Mexico, 53.5 (Net worth)
2. William Gates III, USA, 53
3. Warren Buffett, USA 47
4. Mukesh Ambani, India 29
5. Lakshmi Mittal, India 28.7
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I don’t know what is going to happen this weekend with health care, but I do know that I like the move by 37 states to protect their citizens against ObamaCare. By Dave Anderson:
Foreign Policy has a good piece on the narco-insurgency in Northern Mexico that is succeeding in delegitimzatizing the Mexican government:
Despite Calderón's addition of 10,000 federal troops, Juárez has already suffered 500 murders in 2010. According to articles in both the New York Times and [...]
Most Americans Consider Easter a Religious Holiday, But Fewer Correctly Identify its Meaning
Barna Research Update
As American society becomes more religiously diverse, the nation’s population has had to grapple with how to define its holidays and celebrations. A recent study by the Barna Group explored Americans’ definition of the [...]
NCBA Supports Transparency in Nutrition Labeling
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
WASHINGTON – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) submitted comments today in support of a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to require nutrition labeling of [...]
Today is the day that many of us have hoped for and many others have dreaded. As you can tell, I think this bill has to pass even though it is not as good as we would have wanted. But I also think it is not as bad as some [...]
Cheer up. It could be worse. An alert reader sends a photo, taken this afternoon, of a car on Route 217 over on Portland's west side:
By Ron Beasley
Thomas Ricks, now at Foreign Policy, asked readers to suggest what Hillary Clinton should tell AIPAC. He has a winner and it's a classic!
We have a winner. Agree with it or not, this entry captures the historical moment, I think. Whatever the Secretary of State says,' [...]
Yesterday I was unfair to David Wu. I thought he was wimping out on health care. In fact, he and Kurt Schrader had joined a revolt, spearheaded by Peter DeFazio, of legislators from states that have historically been short-changed by Medicare. The revolt succeeded. Here's DeFazio:
“We’ve negotiated hard and' [...]Commentary By Ron Beasley
This is a follow up to Dave's post, Kuwait calling Peak. Those of you waiting for an economic recovery shouldn't hold your collective breath. Peak oil will make it impossible to return to the good old days. I discussed one vision of a post peak oil [...]
