Why Socialists Are Cheering the Death of an Insurance CEO
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the situation in Syria after Bashar al-Assad flees the country and dig into the health care policy debate in the wake of the recent assassination of United Healthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson.
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02:58 – Bashsar al-Assad ousted in Syria
15:36 – Murdered United Healthcare CEO’s death stirs debate
34:42 – Weekly listener question
48:56 – This week’s cultural recommendations
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Mentioned in this podcast:
“Assad Gone at Last,” by Liz Wolfe
“Outlaws on Pickup Trucks Accomplish What $1 Billion in CIA Money Couldn’t,” by Matthew Petti
“Why Is America Still In Syria?” by Matthew Petti
“Constantly Shifting Alliances in Syrian Civil War Are Orwell on Steroids,” by Nick Gillespie
“Obama Explains His Syria Failure on 60 Minutes,” by Nick Gillespie
“There Are No Good Reasons for the U.S. To Wage War in Syria,” by Nick Gillespie
“John Kerry’s Morally, Linguistically, and Historically Obscene Case for War in Syria,” by Matt Welch
“Wacko Birds vs. Angry Birds: This Time it’s War,” by Matt Welch
“Delay Deny Depose,” by Liz Wolfe
“Hit on a CEO,” by Liz Wolfe
“You’re Either With Us, Or With the Insurance Companies,” by Matt Welch
“5 Major Reasons Why VA Disability Claims Get Denied,” by Turley Redmond & Rosasco, L.L.P.
“No one knows how often health insurers deny claims. Here’s why,” by Bruce Gil
“How Doctors Broke Health Care,” by Christy Ford Chapin
“The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions,” by Elaine K. Howley
“If You Want More Doctors, Maybe Depending on the Feds Is a Bad Idea,” by J.D. Tuccille
“Remy: People Will Die!” by Remy
“This Just In: Conspiracy Theorists Not Quite as Kooky as Previously Reported,” by Jesse Walker
“How the Political Spectrum Turned Inside Out,” by Jesse Walker
“Ron Paul Slams ‘Cultural Marxism’ with a Quickly Deleted Bigoted Cartoon,” by Brian Doherty
“Going Protectionist Over a Fantasy Highway,” by Shikha Dalmia and Leonard Gilroy
“Ron Paul’s Rally,” by David Weigel
“Tucker Carlson, Jesse Ventura, and the Ron Paul Rally,” by Dan Hayes and David Weigel
“A Tale of Two Libertarianisms,” by Brian Doherty
“Hunter Biden’s Pardon Is Unprecedented,” by Robby Soave
“After Hunter’s Pardon, Joe Biden Should Support De-Weaponizing Government Power,” by J.D. Tuccille
“Errol Morris Is Fascinated by and Terrified of Steve Bannon,” by Nick Gillespie
“Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism,” by Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein
“Still Fab: Why We Keep Listening To the Beatles,” by Charles Paul Freund
“Long and Whining Road: The Beatles, the Boomers, and Boredom,” by Nick Gillespie
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