David Saltzman's Blog 

“If Thomas Edison invented the electric light today, it would be reported on the evening news that the candle-making industry was threatened. ...

Watching the televised health care discussion at Blair House last week, I couldn’t help but think of the 1984 movie “Irreconcilable Differences.”...

During Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign against George H.W. Bush, strategist James Carville changed the focus of the campaign with one brilliant phrase: “It’s the economy, stupid.” ...

The Super Bowl is like a three-ring circus. There’s the game, of course. There are also the inevitable “back stories,” which this year touched on Drew Brees’ unlikely path to New Orleans, ...

Some believe that laissez-faire capitalism is the cure for the ills of our health care system. Others favor the strong hand of government. ...

This past week found members of Congress distancing themselves from health care reform like so many lemmings with backup lights. Harry Reid said, “We’re not on health care now.” ...

The headline writers should send thank-you notes to Senator Scott Brown. ...

You’ve no doubt heard the expression, “What if they gave a party and no one came?” Well, our rich uncle in Washington gave a party and didn’t invite anyone. The most recent example of this is disgustingly tragic....

“Look at what the Mayo Clinic can do,” said the president in September. “It’s got the best quality and the lowest cost of just about any system in the country. We want to help the whole country learn from what Mayo is doing.”...

Congress and the White House have continued their inexorable march to the health care sea, completely unencumbered by the desires of the American public....