Podcast: Senate Panel Vets Advocacy Chief and SBA IG Nominees

Posted on | August 10, 2009 | Comments Off

Weekly microbusiness newscast

There are few pleasures in my life to compare with having a conversation with a professional thinker. My interview with Dr. Nichols was definitely the high point of my week.

What is difficult to convey with the News Briefs is the passion with which Dr. Nichols spoke about the need to reform the health care system, because it is not only inefficient and a drag on the economy, it is also inhumane.

We’re Americans. We’re supposed to care about that sort of thing.

In spite of the disruptive crazies who are making life difficult for normal citizens simply looking to engage in a dialogue about the various reform proposals emerging from the House and the Senate, it’s good that Congress is taking a break. They need to check in with the rest of us along about now.

They need to rest their neurons a bit, too, and give themselves an opportunity to recharge.

I can’t think of any other job (with the possible exception of single-parenting) in which you’d be more susceptible to burn-out.

So, when Congress goes on vacation, it is a good thing for the Republic. Even if it is a bad thing for niche reporters looking for stories to cover.

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