A modest health care reform proposal

American Thinker "If Congress mandated that insurance companies cover pre-existing conditions and did not mandate that everyone buy insurance, many people would simply not buy insurance, wait to get sick or injured, then sign up and leave the insurance company with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars of bills that haven't been paid. Mandating that everyone buy insurance fixes this problem, but it leads to the following hideous policy cascade:"

Killing the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Government Is Not a Good Investor

Heritage "Private investors have a personal stake in the outcome of their investments. But when politicians play entrepreneur with taxpayer money, that link does not exist; instead, the risk/reward is measured in terms of political outcomes."

Holder hasn't revealed Justice Dept lawyers who defended Gitmo detainees

Washington Examiner "...the inquiries show Republicans growing increasingly assertive about questioning the Obama administration's actions and resolve in fighting what the GOP still calls the War on Terror. Unless Holder can offer convincing explanations for the Department's recent decisions, the questions will keep coming." H/t to Beltway Confidential.

Move Afoot in the Senate to Can EPA CO2 Regs

Pajamas Media "Murkowski’s resolution of disapproval is a gutsy action intended to safeguard the U.S. economy, government’s accountability to the American people, and the separation of powers under the Constitution. Naturally, Sen. Barbara Boxer and other apostles of Gorethodoxy denounce it as an assault on the Clean Air Act, public health, science, and “the children.” Rubbish!" For the children, always for the children.

The Demise of Air America

Jazz Shaw "And yet Fox News Channel continues to be one of the most successful outlets while MSNBC struggles to maintain an audience larger than reruns of Iron Chef America on the Food Network. So where were progressives going for their news and political entertainment? You can only fill up so many hours of the day reading Daily Kos and Democratic Underground."

After Massachusetts, Liberal Bloodletting Will Continue

Victor Davis Hanson "After a year Obama still has not yet figured out that his promiscuous talk of higher income, payroll, health care, and inheritance taxes, serial demonization of finance and business, and all sorts of new regulations, create a psychological climate in which the employer pulls in his horns and decides to ride things out — and this individual reaction is being repeated millions of times over, energized by the pique at everything trivial from Van Jones to apologies abroad to “Bush did it.” "

Full-body scanner catches cell phone, misses bomb on German TV [video]

Daily Caller “Admittedly, he only faced the scanner from the front and not from the side,” wrote computer security pro Bruce Schneier. “But he also didn’t hide anything in a body cavity other than his mouth — I didn’t think about that one — he didn’t use low density or thinly sliced PETN, and he didn’t hide anything in his carry-on luggage. Full-body scanners: they’re not just a dumb idea, they don’t actually work.” Hope you understand German but the point is clear.

A Warning For The Next Scott Brown

Legal Insurrection "Coakley's image problem was not the result of smears, but a result of the blogosphere and mainstream media publicizing Coakley's own words in context.There were, however, three key smears directed at Scott Brown, none of which took off because of the overall momentum in the race. Nonetheless, these smears are a road map as to how the next Scott Brown will be attacked." A good look at leftist tactics to appear in upcoming elections.

Obama in the Land of Oz.

Warning Signs Hat tip to Alan Caruba.

Radio's Steve Malzberg Fact-checks Olbermann's Brown Rants

Newsbusters "The anger over Keith Olbermann's disgraceful rants against Scott Brown continues to mount. On Thursday, WOR radio's Steve Malzberg voiced his opinion of the "out of control, leftwing nut-job" MSNBC host.

Hollywood Director: White Conservatives ‘More Terrifying’ Than ‘Any Jihadist’

Big Hollywood "Well, you have to keep in mind that in Leftist Hollywood comparing 100 million or so Americans to terrorists is what-you-call a resume enhancer. (If you just say that about the Marines, it’s called “Avatar.”) Now, had Carnahan said jihadists are more terrifying than white conservatives, the CAIR Apology Tour would be well underway."

America Rising; an open letter to Democrat politicians

Conservative Analysis "This is absolutely the best, most powerful video message since the Day of Great Darkness began our downward spiral on 04NOV2008. …and even moreso, because it was clearly produced by the PUMAs and other Dem-leaning independents that helped elect The One in the first place."