Medical Policy Wonk Pillows

"Your insurance has run out. We're discharging you from the 'Observation Care' floor to the 'Who Cares?' room in the basement."

"We don't send statements - they cause too many heart attacks."

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"And when the canyon fills up, that's it; herd immunity."

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

We Tenatively Oppose War on Strictly Procedural Grounds

"National security adviser"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

E.U. Banking Union.

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

'Answer these constituents letters. Tell them to go to hell in a nice way.'

Obama Healthcare.

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

"The date protection policy is all about access to information, and we all know information is POWER!"

'The only cuts we can all agree with are their cutting remarks!'

'What's the difference? Some people call it privatizing government. Others call it super pacs buying congressmen.'

"We have been elected to the UN Commission on Women's Rights!"

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

'What I have to do first?!'

Rock and a Hard Place

Pennies for People, Billions for War

'Not a word to Alfred, but the spare bedroom is worth losing the fourteen pounds!'

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

Thin Tank and Emote Tank.

The problem is, too many people aren't the least bit particular about their arrows.

Republican politics!

Scars and Bars

The Republican's Plan One: No Obama!

'I couldn't imagine bringing a child into the current fiscal-cliffy world.'