Outside The Beltway | OTB

• Limbaugh Leaving the Country if Health Reform Passes March 9, 2010
  Rush Limbaugh has pulled a Baldwin. My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once they’ve opted, they can’t see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what will become the exchanges. They have to have a clientele of private patients that will pay them a retainer and it’ll be a [...] […]
  James Joyner
• Laptops in the Classroom March 9, 2010
  Case Western lawprof Jonathan Adler points to a WaPo story on the trend toward universities banning the use of laptop computers by students in classrooms.   Since laptops weren’t ubiquitous when I was teaching, I’m agnostic on the subject.   This quote, uncommented upon by Adler, however, caught my eye: One recent semester, [Diane E. Sieber, an associate [.. […]
  James Joyner
• George W. Bush’s Rehabilitation March 9, 2010
  Professional iconoclast Stanley Fish has been predicting for a while that people would come to miss George W. Bush once the heated controversies of the moment had faded and the big picture emerged. Now, he sees evidence that he was right. A perhaps more substantial sign incorporates a sign famous (or infamous) in the Bush [...] […]
  James Joyner
• Caption Contest Winners March 9, 2010
  The Obamerica Healthcare Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Stormy Dragon – It seemed like every day there were more people trying to get into the Senator-only elevator. Second: FormerHostage – According to the latest ABC/CNN poll, 95% of Chicago voters who cast their ballot for Obama would do so [.. […]
  Rodney Dill
• OTB Latenight – Rolling Stones March 9, 2010
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