Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: My Wife Joanne Has ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: My Wife Joanne Has ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease: "ALS is painless, non-contagious, and extremely cruel. The cause of ALS is unknown, but motor functions of the central nervous system cease to function although the mind remains fully aware to the end."

"I am sponsoring a raffle for the benefit of ALS research. 50% of the proceeds of the raffle will go to the Les Turner Foundation, with the money specifically earmarked for ALS research.

The other 50% will go to raffle winners."

The Role of Partisanship in the Health Care Reform Challenge | Trevor Burrus | Cato Institute: Commentary

The Role of Partisanship in the Health Care Reform Challenge | Trevor Burrus | Cato Institute: Commentary: "If the law is struck down, it will almost assuredly be on a 5-4 vote. As predicted by many, none of the liberal justices seemed inclined to rule any part of the law unconstitutional, yet this presumptive unanimity of the four liberal justices rarely elicits catcalls of partisanship. When the four conservative justices — sans Justice Anthony Kennedy — move in predictable lockstep, it is often sneeringly cited as a product of partisanship rather than a principled constitutional analysis. Such an attitude, if held by someone from either political side, is simply too self serving to be worthy of respect."