religious right

Insurers Adopt Tobacco Strategy, Make Case for the Public Option

by Karoli on October 12, 2009 · 19 comments

Health insurers are running their opposition to health care reform just like the tobacco lobby did 15 years ago. Working with established right-wing think tanks with varying interests, they are trying to mobilize businesses, religious leaders, tax reformers, and the media to carry their message that health care reform is bad for our country. Here’s how it was done, then and now. Only now, we can tell them “Not this time.”

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Free speech: One poke over the line?

by Karoli on September 29, 2009 · 20 comments

I have a serious question. Where is the line drawn between protected speech and incendiary, threatening, outrageous unprotected speech in this country? This is an issue I have always struggled with, partly because I was raised to speak with consideration for others and to be responsible for what I’ve said. I don’t always succeed, but [...]

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