The U.S. Supreme Court is going to hear arguments on President Obama’s health care reform this month. The question at hand will be whether Congress exceeded its authority in requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance. Supporters of the health care reform are taking comfort in the fact th
04.2.2012| Perspectives, Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsOne thing that Rush Limbaugh doesn’t have a lot of these days is defenders. Even Republicans have turned against him for calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” because of her testimony before Congress supporting the requirement that employer prov
03.18.2012| Perspectives, Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsTwo more American soldiers are dead today because somebody thought that burning copies of the Quran in Afghanistan, a Muslim country, was the most intelligent response to finding “extremist inscriptions” on them. That brings the number of Americans killed since the incident to six. Let’s tr
03.2.2012| Perspectives, Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsWest Michigan business leaders met with presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday evening and complained about unions and the requirement that workers be paid prevailing wages on public works. The problem, of course, is that unions get in the way of businesses dictating the terms of employer-empl
02.16.2012| Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
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