1) National health care will punish the insurance companies.

You want to punish insurance companies? Make them compete.
   
As Adam Smith observed, whenever two businessmen meet, "the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices." That's why we need a third, fourth and 45th competing insurance company that will undercut them by offering better service at a lower price.
   
Tiny little France and Germany have more competition among health insurers than the U.S. does right now. Amazingly, both of these socialist countries have less state regulation of health insurance than we do, and you can buy health insurance across regional lines -- unlike in the U.S., where a federal law allows states to ban interstate commerce in health insurance. Read On

Robert David Sanders Novak has been called many names. His close friends call him “Bob.” Most people call him “Novak.” His wife calls him “Robert.”

Keith Olbermann has called him “The Worst Person in the World.” His more petulant critics have viler names for him. Many critics and admirers have called him “The Prince of Darkness.”

I have had the honor of calling him “Boss.” Since I went to work for him at the end of 2001, Novak has been a mentor and a friend. I learned a lot at his side, but all journalists—and all Americans, for that matter—could learn important lessons from this man, now retired and ill.

In these days of single-party rule and a media that fawns over the president, we can all stand a dose of his pervasive skepticism, distrust of those in power and doggedness to dig up the hard facts. Read On

Everything was fine…until the light bulb in the living room burned out.

“Can you believe it? Can you believe it?” He pounded his fist into our sofa.

“It’s okay. I’ll go get another one,” I answered, darting into the kitchen for another bulb.

Returning, I began to panic when I saw his expression. “Gimme’ that!” he growled, bobbling the bulb until he nearly dropped it.

“Whoa, are you okay?” Stay calm. Breathe. Don’t let him escalate…

“What do you mean am I okay?” Raising his voice, his flushed, contorted face hovered just inches from mine, “You think that’s funny?”

Oh, no, what do I do now? I made him mad. If I’d been more helpful…kept that light from going out or kept it from nearly falling…I just can’t do it right. I always mess up. Read On

CHARGING PHYSICIAN Michael Jackson’s personal physician will be charged with manslaughter within the next two weeks, a law enforcement source told FOXNews.com.

The source initially said Dr. Conrad Murray could be arrested as soon as next Wednesday — but investigators have decided to execute one more search warrant, likely at a Los Angeles pharmacy, next week in an attempt to gather more evidence against him. The arrest is now expected the following week.

Murray isn’t the only doctor who faces criminal charges in connection with Jackson's death on June 25. A law enforcement source told FOXNews.com that Jackson’s longtime dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, will be hit with charges related to medical malpractice. Investigators are still building their case against Klein, and he will not be arrested for at least another two weeks, the source said. Read On

WOMAN IN SUITCASE LOS ANGELES —  Police in California and Canada are looking for a reality show finalist in the strangling of his ex-wife, a former swimsuit model whose body was found dumped in a trash bin.

Jasmine Fiore, 28, was last seen Friday night at her home in Los Angeles and was reported missing Saturday evening by Ryan Alexander Jenkins, 32. Jenkins, a Canadian, has since disappeared and is being called a person of interest in Fiore's killing, police say.

The victim's mother, Lisa Lepore, said Fiore and Jenkins got married in Las Vegas in March but her daughter had the marriage annulled in May. Jenkins had since convinced Fiore to take him back, Lepore said. Read On

As sexting continues to dominate the headlines, two state legislatures are taking aim at sex predators who might lure teen minors into sending them explicit messages and pictures.

In Minnesota, the legislature approved a measure which restricts sex offenders and ex-prisoners with a history of sex crimes from creating IM screen names and accounts on social networks teens frequent, including Facebook and MySpace. Legislators in Texas are also considering a similar bill.

A growing number of these sex offender cases surround the recent sexting trend. While the consequences of sexting vary by state, felony indecency or solicitation of a child and possession of child pornography charges are common.

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