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my view by don sorchychBY DON SORCHYCH | OCTOBER 23, 2013

A look back


The following, printed on Aug. 28, 2013, is to remind our readers of the background before the recalls begin:

“Usama Abujbarah has dropped the first bomb! Today, Aug. 26, his lawsuit against the town was delivered to Town Clerk Carrie Dyrek. Read Linda Bentley’s breaking news article, for details.

Guest Editorials:


BY SALLY C. PIPES | OCTOBER 23, 2013

New Obamacare Exchanges flounder, portend disaster

One thousand two hundred and eighty-nine days.

That's how long the Obama Administration had to set up the 36 online health insurance exchanges it's operating wholly or in partnership with states. Surely three-and-a-half years is enough time to establish websites with at least basic functionality, right?

BY RICK MANNING | OCTOBER 23, 2013

D.C. Establishment: The biggest loser

The infamous Cornhusker Kickback which helped get Obamacare enacted into law and effectively ended Ben Nelson's Senate career has now been joined by the Kentucky Kickback in the checkered legislative history of the health care law.

BY SHELDON RICHMAN | OCTOBER 23, 2013

Don’t look for grown-ups in government

With the government partially closed for over two weeks, the pundits were demanding that the grown-ups in the room” finally put a stop to the childish goings-on in Washington.

BY DR. MARK HENDRICKSON | OCTOBER 23, 2013

“Average Is Over”-rated: Comments on Tyler Cowen's doom-and-gloom scenario

Years ago, I thought if I ever attempted to write a novel, I would describe a future dystopia in which the ruling elite were those who made and understood computers and the rest of us would be techno-klutzes like me who wouldn’t recognize a byte if it bit me on the behind.