The House health care overhaul bill passed not because Democrats prepared a good proposal but because Republicans showed an amazing inability to present a viable alternative.

In particular, young and healthy people tend to not buy health insurance. However, without their contributions, any health insurance system cannot work. Democrats...

Among opponents of the health reform proposal, the public option draws most of their criticism. Pundits speculate whether Obama will drop it or not. All the energy put in debating the public option is futile. It misses the problem.

The problem is that we have 47 million uninsured. For humanitarian...

Fans of the TV serial House, will notice that every time Dr. House diagnoses a problem he scrawls on a white board. In scientific terms, he creates a decision table.

When approaching any decision, we try to estimate the chances of reaching certain intended outcomes. Then we weigh...

In the report that the President received from his Council of Economic Advisers, beginning on page 13 and following, we can read:

At a fundamental level, the inefficiencies stem from the fact that health care is very different from conventional goods and services. The markets for health insurance and...

One week after posting my open letter asking for a concept in the health care reform bill, I received an email from President Barack Obama.

Several hours before my letter showed up on Huffington Post, I forwarded it to the White House, using the "contact us" form on...

An open letter to President Obama regarding health care reform

Dear Mr. President,

I agree with your assertion that the health care crisis is an economic issue. We have the best doctors, the best hospitals, and the best drugs; however, they are out of reach for...

This is my question for Thomas F. Roeser, in response to his critique of the political inexperience of Adam Andrzejewski, a candidate for governor who has not worked even one day in Springfield.

I have to disclose that I am biased in my views of Adam Andrzejewski. I...

In his first interview after leaving office, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that Obama's policies "raise the risk" of a U.S. terror attack. His argument goes back to an old dilemma: should terrorism be considered a military problem, as the Bush administration treated it, or should it be...

A few weeks ago, Fareed Zakaria questioned our mostly military response to radical Islam. Readers, both at the Huffington Post and at Newsweek, posted hundreds of comments passionately opposing or supporting Mr. Zakaria's thesis. His text deserves more than that. It brings new ideas into the pivotal issue of...

For the last several years, conservatives have been dominating the political arena. Eventually, they ran out of appealing ideas, and the Democrats capitalized on this opportunity. However, the new Democratic leadership has to deal with the same problems that they were unable to address when they were in the minority....

Some banks gave mortgage loans to people who cannot keep a house under any conditions. These so-called toxic assets paralyzed the banking system, as now no one knows how much the banks are worth. With banks being essential for the economy to function, the government is allocating a lot of...

Under the title "This explains it", the Sunday, February 15th Chicago Tribune reprinted from the Men's Journal magazine a text by Bill Powell about his old friend Rod Blagojevich titled "My Best Friend Blago". I could not find any link to this text on the Chicago Tribune website. I...

Time published Walter Isaacson's story entitled "How to Save Your Newspaper". The same text was posted on the Huffington Post under the title "A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism." By looking at the difference of these titles, one can get a clearer picture of the problem.

The...

The present recession overshadows our unresolved immigration mess. However, be it the stimulus package or the recently passed State Children's Health Insurance Program -- those unsettled immigration issues pop up in the background. Whether we want it or not, we have to address this issue again.

Below, I am presenting...

It is in asking for delaying the digital TV transition.

Some people still did not get the message about the incoming conversion. Working in the TV service business, I can testify that if we delay the changeover for four years (not four months) there still will be people not...

Over his long business career, Sam Zell has undoubtedly many times smirked at those who have reported failures whilst claiming "It was not my fault". Now, Sam Zell may well be smirking into the mirror. His Chicago Tribune has filed for bankruptcy protection, and Mr. Zell is blaming others (a...

The economy needs more workers than can come here legally, so they have been arriving illegally. The most logical solution would be to adjust the number of available workers' visas as soon as the problem started showing up. This way we would have much greater control over who is coming...

In his recent column, Prof. Robert Reich is saying that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer; and that this is not good for the economy. I can agree.

As a remedy, Prof. Reich is recommending extended government spending. He does not say where the...

Yes, if change means that their personal well being would improve. No, if they would need to change what they do or think. In his presidential campaign, now President Elect, was very careful in talking about change in very generic terms, so every potential voter could see it as some...

If governments had been around 65 millions years ago, they would have used taxpayer's money to save the dinosaurs from extinction. This comment comes to mind while watching the government trying to save the Wall Street financial giants from falling into oblivion.

While explaining what is happening,...