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DAVIS: It's time liberals drop public option

Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

It's time for liberals like me, who favor the public option or its functional equivalent, to give up on the idea and move forward to enact historic, landmark national health insurance legislation. And to do so now - not next week or next month.

DAVIS: White House vs. Fox make sense?

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

One of my favorite dialogues from one of my favorite plays, "Fiddler on the Roof," has Tevye, the elderly font of wisdom in the village of Anatevka, Russia, trying to mediate a bitter dispute between neighbors.

DAVIS: Challenging liberals' moral consistency

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

"Have you no shame? Have you no decency?" That was the question that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked during his important speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 24.

DAVIS: Obama's Nobel achievement

Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

Only in America. Correct that: Only in the polarized America of 2009.

DAVIS: Universal coverage, private competition and reduced deficits

Monday, Oct. 5, 2009

Re-read that headline. I am not making this up. A health care bill exists that would accomplish what the headline says.

DAVIS: A health plan to please liberals and conservatives

Monday, Sept. 28, 2009

Last week I described the political riddle of a national health care proposal called the Healthy Americans Act (HAA), which pleases liberals and conservatives.

DAVIS: One health plan is popular

Monday, Sept. 21, 2009

I don't get it. Two weeks ago, I wrote a column offering advice to Democrats and the White House, saying that they could achieve a broad bipartisan consensus on health care by supporting S. 334, the Healthy Americans Act (HAA).

DAVIS: We forget true meaning of 'lie'

Monday, Sept. 14, 2009

Let's face it, whether you are conservative, moderate or liberal, Democrat or Republican, if you are rational and fair, you should agree: Congressman Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican, was rude, obnoxious and offensive when he shouted out at President Obama during Wednesday night's speech before a joint session of Congress, "You lie."

DAVIS: Obama should stick to center

Monday, Sept. 7, 2009

I happen to be a liberal Democrat. And I think I'd probably prefer a single-payer system similar to Canada's -- in which the government guarantees all adequate health care but private medicine is still available.