By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO―Since the HealthCare.gov website is still not working properly, Kathleen Sebelius is advising single applicants without health insurance to use the eharmony.com dating website in the hope they will meet and marry someone who already has health insurance.
Reeling over charges of plagiarism, Senator Rand Paul has accused his critics of being “hackers and haters” out to besmirch his reputation. To show he won’t make the same mistake again, he dared them to watch his next speech where he will interrogate an empty chair and pretend he is questioning President Obama.
Bob Filner, Elliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner have sent a joint letter to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford thanking him for making them look good.
Time magazine has drawn criticism for entitling its article on Chris Christie “The Elephant in the Room” and thereby drawing attention to his weight. The Editorial Board has issued a statement denying this was their intent: “We merely selected the least offensive title we had come up with. The alternatives were “The GOP’s New Heavyweight Contender,” “The Wide Appeal of Chris Christie,” and “Christie Crushes Gubernatorial Opponent.”
In his victory speech Tuesday night, Virginia Governor Elect Terry Mcauliffe disputed the significance of his narrow margin of victory claiming he had ultra-soundly beaten his challenger Ken Cuccinelli.
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted at Lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com