by David Safier We're seeing more and more cracks in the seemingly monolithic right wing as it starts flexing its crazy-base muscles in Congress and state legislatures. Latest example. Richard Mellon Scaife, who has used his billions to help create the think tanks which have fueled the Scream Machine (I'm sure he kicked a few … Read more
by David Safier If you have felt the slightest bit complacent about what's going on in Arizona, two articles on the Star's front page should end that. The Star has badly mis-headed the Howard Fischer article about a whole raft of anti-immigrant legislation. Hell, let's be honest. It's anti-Hispanic legislation. It includes Pearce's Omnibus Immigration … Read more
by David Safier I doubt "Even Robert Robb" will become a running feature on BfA, though I would love to see it happen, but . . . Even Robert Robb thinks Brewer and Horne are hypocrites and idiots with their countersuit of the feds over immigration. Robb is a Republic columnist of the conservative persuasion … Read more
by Michael Bryan HHS Secretary Sebelius has indicated that Gov. Brewer's plan to kick everyone who is not federally mandated to be eligible (about 250K people) off Arizona's Medicaid program (AHCCCS) will not violate federal law. Federal eligibility is governed by a number of factors , not income alone, which means that even some people under … Read more
by Michael Bryan The new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or as the GOP has so ably dubbed it, "Obamacare", allows the creation of state-based insurance exchange boards that will collect information on single and small group policies and make them available to eligible buyers. The idea is to enable consumers to easily … Read more