Many promoters of single-payer health care (and it’s “public option” Trojan Horse) have long claimed that all critics and skeptics are simply bought-off puppets of the health insurance lobby. In their rush to impugn their opponents’ motives (always far easier than actually addressing their arguments), however, many of these promoters have ignored or lied about some of the corrupt motives on their own side.| MORE ›

The recent endorsement of same-sex marriage by a few states is raising some unexpected but inevitable legal issues. Specifically, the Volokh Conspiracy points out that courts now need to grapple with the effects of same-sex marriage on civil litigation and criminal trials. To wit, do the confidentiality provisions for spouses shield same-sex partners from having to testify against one another? (more…)