The Daily Crock

A political Blog

by Jeff Cohen
No matter what the facts are, some liberal activists and leaders persist in seeing President Obama as a principled progressive reformer who lives and breathes the campaign rhetoric about “change you can believe in.”


For Immediate Release-September 25, 2009
Contact: Paige Cram, Communications Coordinator, communications@nlg.org, 609-668-0645
Pittsburgh–National Lawyers Guild members witnessed first-hand yesterday the unwarranted display and use of force by police in residential neighborhoods, often far from any protest activity.


HEALTHCARE – Do The Math

by Dave McGill
The numbers we’ve seen so far indicate a potential boondoggle for the pharmaceutical companies, and credit for that might be attributed to our system of campaign finance.


by Dave McGill
The U.S. president turned over one of America’s hole cards this week, and the echoes of such a seemingly quiet move may resonate throughout the Middle East for years to come.


by Dave McGill
There’s little disagreement that healthcare costs in the United States currently amount to $2.5 trillion per year, or at least for this year.
The average annual cost of a family policy is now $13,375 and if costs continue to rise at their current rate, this figure will be $24,000 in 10 years, all according [...]


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