ben nelson

As U.S. Sen. Harry Reid tries to corral enough Democratic votes for his $848 billion health care reform bill, the Democrat from Nevada may find solace in the words of Mark Twain. When the writer was once asked if he belonged to an organized political party in the United States, he replied "I don't...

I'm one of those 30 million people without health insurance. I don't have it, my wife doesn't have it, my daughter doesn't have it. The short version of the story goes like this. A couple of years ago, I received a note from my insurer that they were going to be tripling the monthly premium for my...

Perhaps Ringo Starr should attend Saturday night's start to the debate over the health care reform bill in the Senate. After all, it was Starr who first uttered the malapropism that later became a hit song (and movie) by The Beatles -- A Hard Day's Night. Saturday evening may shape up to be just...