David Hogberg is a writer living in Maryland. He is author of the book, "Medicare’s Victims: How the U.S. Government’s Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians."
Articles by David Hogberg
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In BernieWorld, keeping more of your money is theft
/Senator Bernie Sanders (I-North Korea) lives in a very weird world. You see, in the normal world, most people understand that income belongs to people who earn it. So, when… -
Kaepernick and the clowns who honor him
/A number of organizations have beclowned themselves over Colin Kaepernick. First there was ESPN, which gave Kaepernick wall-to-wall coverage as he embarked on his silly protest of AmeriKKKa when he… -
Time has come to repeal the Obamacare individual mandate
/Senators have passed tax reform legislation that includes a repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate. In this writer’s opinion, the House of Representatives, which passed its version of tax reform without… -
Good news: ESPN announces more layoffs
/On Wednesday, sports network ESPN announced it was laying off employees effective immediately. The long-expected announcement follows a similar purging of 100 employees back in April. At present ESPN… -
Is Kathy Griffin insane?
/After watching Kathy Griffin’s latest YouTube video, I have to wonder if she is certifiable. Back in May she sent her career into a nosedive after posing for a… -
Marshawn Lynch proves NFL commish Goodell should go
/Well, here comes another tempest the National Football League can ill afford. Running back Marshawn Lynch, playing for the Oakland Raiders in a game against the New England Patriots in… -
Roy Moore gets in deeper and deeper
/Running for the Alabama U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Moore has now been accused by a second and third woman of sexual assault. It is noteworthy… -
Poor Kathy Griffin!
/When last we saw her, Donald Trump had broken her after she held up a prop that looked like Trump’s decapitated head. It was just a misunderstood publicity stunt that… -
If you pull it out, you are a lout
/(language warning) Last week comedian Louis C.K. was set to release a new movie titled I Love You, Daddy about a 17-year-old girl who has an affair with a much older… -
Ugly race-baiting ad in Virginia forces a change of heart on sanctuary cities
/Seeking the Virginia governor’s mansion, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) recently said he would sign a bill banning sanctuary cities. Northam promised “he would sign a bill to ban so-called… -
Louis C.K. directs movie about Harvey Weinstein (or is it Roman Polanski?)
/One of the great questions of 2017 will be why comedian Louis C.K. didn’t put a hold on the upcoming movie that he directs and stars in, by, say, releasing… -
2006: When Jeff Flake was Tea Party before there was a Tea Party
/There are multiple definitions of Potomac Fever, but for conservatives it means a politician who has abandoned his beliefs in free markets and limited government in exchange for being liked… -
Single-payer health care kills
/Britain’s National Health Service, held up as the gold standard by leftists everywhere, announced just last week that it will “ban patients from surgery indefinitely unless they lose… -
The IRS just gave Republicans a big opportunity on Obamacare
/The Internal Revenue Service announced that it will no longer accept tax returns that leave out whether the filer has health insurance. This presents a great opportunity for Republicans to… -
Trump right to oppose “bipartisan” healthcare proposal
/Well, the “bipartisan” health care deal is pretty much what you would expect when the Republican involved is Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee). Democrats get to spend more money and keep… -
Kaepernick sues NFL
/Everybody’s favorite anthem protester is filing suit against the National Football League, charging that the reason he doesn’t have a job as a quarterback is that the NFL owners are… -
Hollywood incentivizes cowardice
/Professor Caroline Heldman, who is working with some of Harvey Weinstein’s victims, said the following about Weinstein’s behavior in an interview with Piers Morgan on Wednesday: “I think it… -
If the NFL is shedding politics, thank President Trump
/Conservative pundit Mona Charen excoriated President Trump for attacking the National Football League. She claimed that Trump was “reckless” to call NFL players who knelt during the national anthem… -
The ATF — nice work if you can get it
/The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sure knows how to live it up! According to a New York Times article, employees of the ATF teamed up with… -
Roger Goodell: worst NFL commissioner ever?
/Roger Goodell may go down as the worst NFL commissioner in history. He screwed the pooch on the concussion issue when, during his congressional testimony, he could not answer… -
Kimmel prescribes ignorance, again
/In his latest health care diatribe, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel says that health care is not his “area of expertise.” Truer words have never been spoken. But… -
Kaepernick unemployed = best NFL opening weekend ever!
/Well, the first weekend of the 2017 National Football League season is over and Colin Kaepernick still does not have a job. Hip, hip hooray!!! Kaepernick, the former (oh, that… -
MGM funding HAMAS front group
/In recent years we’ve seen the politicization of sports, so it was probably just a matter of time before it happened to gambling. Last week Jim Murren, CEO of MGM… -
Michael Bennett, Confederate statues, and uselessness
/Some people look at Michael Bennett, the defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks who is now kneeling during the national… -
Media Matters lies, Part MCCLXIII
/(language warning) When it comes to lying, the folks at Media Matters for America just can’t help themselves. Indeed, when simply conceding the truth will do them,… -
Congressional conservatives: Don’t let Problem Solvers Caucus play you for suckers!
/Before I get into the meat of this post, let me recommend Peter Suderman’s excellent analysis of… -
“Fixing” Obamacare means taxpayers spend more for the same lousy system
/Last week a group of moderate Republicans and Democrats calling themselves the “Problem Solvers Caucus” released a set of proposals… -
Trump needs a James Carville, not a Saturday Night Massacre
/I can’t blame President Trump for being angry about the Russia investigation. Aside from the revelations from Trump’s less-than-brilliant son, it has turned into a big… -
The New Republic going full-commie
/I’m old enough to remember when Fred Barnes wrote for The New Republic. Of course, back then Barnes wasn’t as conservative as he is now, but TNR was also a… -
Three cheers for the Republicans who let McConnellCare sink!
/Kudos to Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Jerry Moran (R-Ks.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) for putting an end to the proposed “Better Care Reconciliation Act,” a.k.a. McConnellCare. And kudos to Sen.