A Hatchet To Moderate Government The Chicago Tribune For every brick-thrower, spitter and bigot and for every hyperbolic politician and egomaniacal talk-radio host, millions of other Americans are justifiably enraged. What angers many Americans is the abandonment of a concept that laid the foundation of the Constitution and the nation itself: limited government (Dennis Byrne, [...]

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Q&A with Carole Joffe,” Katha Pollitt, The Nation’s “And Another Thing”: Pollitt interviewed Carole Joffe — a sociologist and author of “Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients and the Rest of Us” — about the health reform law’s potential effects [...]

Uncertainty over whether the health overhaul would deliver promised insurance protections to children came to a quick end Monday when insurers told the administration they would not seek to block regulations clarifying the matter, The Associated Press reports. At issue is whether insurers would be required to offer plans to children with preexisting conditions right [...]

There’s something for – or against – everyone in the health overhaul legislation. These reports hone in on specific issues and the groups they will affect…

NPR reports: “Though conservative anger with Washington over the newly signed bill has been particularly hot, some longtime political observers see a revival of previous populist movements from the right. … Chip Berlet with Political Research Associates, a liberal group that tracks populist anti-government movements, says this is nothing new. ‘It happens periodically throughout U.S…