Wait a minute! Your valiant scrivener has not gone around the bend to cloud cuckoo-land. No, that is not it, at least not yet. What is beyond a doubt, however, is that the U.S. was more governable back then. There was civility in the air, and oversimplified labels didn’t stick. Remember when Nixon proposed a plan for health care reform that was stronger than what today’s President signed last year, indeed stronger than liberal Ted Kennedy’s version. What’s more, Nixon’s political party is backing away from pushing large corporations to offer health insurance to their workers. For his part, Nixon proposed requiring that all corporations, not just large companies, offer insurance.  Read More→