Today, FrontPage Magazine published a must read article written by Barbara Kay.

The subject of the piece is FPM’s managing editor Jamie Glazov’s father, Yuri. Yuri Glazov was an outspoken critic of the Soviet regime. After signing the infamous “letter of the twelve,” the regime had enough and declared war on him. They trumped up some drugs related charges and prepared to send him to the Gulag.

Realizing his life was on the line, he told his family to pack their bags. They fled to Canada.| MORE ›

How nice, I just received a thank you note from President Obama:

Michael –

I wanted to take a moment to thank you directly for the outstanding work you’ve been doing for health reform.

Why thank you sir. God knows I’m doing everything I can to prevent the United States from following in Europe’s (destructive socialized medicine) footsteps. Glad you’ve noticed my hard work in that regard. Appreciate it.| MORE ›

This crisis between Israel and the United States is worrying me tremendously. Of course I knew that Obama was no friend of Israel, when he was running for president, but I always hoped that, if he’d win, he’d be controlled somewhat by his pro-Israel friends and allies. Like Hillary Clinton, for instance.

From the looks of it, however, these officials don’t seem to be able to influence Obama in any way whatsoever. It’s becoming a serious problem by now.

Regular readers of PoliGazette have undoubtedly noticed that I’m not writing for it regularly anymore. To those who wonder why the heck not: well, some time ago, I officially became a pro-blogger. I make a living from writing about politics. Outlets that pay me (well), are obviously more important to me right now than outlets that don’t. And no, PoliGazette is not exactly making me rich. In fact, it’s costing me money. For now, that is.

So that’s why I’m spending most of my energy on other blogs.| MORE ›

Apparently I’ve been very far out of the loop, even though I’ve been keeping abreast of the news.  Only a couple weeks ago, the idea of passing a healthcare bill in the House of Representatives was laughable.  Now, Dems seem to have the votes.  Tentatively, anyway.  Any discussion of “deem and pass” may go out the window if this is true.

Allahpundit seems resigned to defeat.  He blogs for a living, so if he’s worried, I’d take that very seriously.| MORE ›

At Time.com, Christopher Hayes suggests that blame for America’s recent economic decline should be principally directed at “the bright and industrious minds who occupy the commanding heights of our meritocratic order.” According to Hayes, the elites who are “supposed to make sure everything operates smoothly” have become increasingly corrupt and incompetent.| MORE ›

In February, Michelle Obama kicked off her Let’s Move initiative to combat childhood obesity in the United States. In many respects, the campaign is commendable and similar in spirit to past public health causes championed by Rosalyn Carter (mental health advocacy), Nancy Reagan (Just Say No), and other first ladies.| MORE ›

First watch this -

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And now the reality.

While reconciliation has been abused to pass S-CHIP and the new drug entitlement and those indeed were abuses of this rule, she leaves them out for some reason. Reconciliation is only to be used for budget issues because the Constitution says that Congress has to pass a budget so it may not be filibustered. Even Senator Byrd says that passing health care sweeping regulations under reconciliation is illegal.| MORE ›