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Healthcare remedies
Last night PBS aired Sick Around the World Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health care system? I learned that proven solutions exist with broad popular support. And while these programs are far less expensive than US health care, the savings comes from eliminating most profit and administrative costs, and adding aggressive cost … [Read more...] about Healthcare remedies
Social Issues for Me, But Not for Thee
Alan Stewart Carl reminded me of something: upscale voters vote against their economic interests all the time, but for some reason Democrats don't seem to get out of whack about that. … [Read more...] about Social Issues for Me, But Not for Thee
President Bush’s Plans for Greenhouse Gases; The King Midas Story
Much talk recently about the administration wanting to block any number of measures in Congress that are rowing against the President's mindset on what will and what work re the environment... The President has characterized all measures there as 'a regulatory trainwreck.' Today, in a news conference, the President said he had not signed the Kyoto agreement because -- it … [Read more...] about President Bush’s Plans for Greenhouse Gases; The King Midas Story
Pope Speaks for Planet, Because Care of Earth Critically Tied To Peace on Earth
"--Wherever the land is dry and hard, you could be the water ... --or you could be the blade disking the earth open; --or you could be the acequia, the ditch that carries water from river to fields; --or you could be the just engineer mapping dams that must be taken down, and those which would serve the venerable all, instead of only the very few; --or you could be the … [Read more...] about Pope Speaks for Planet, Because Care of Earth Critically Tied To Peace on Earth
Bulletin: The Sears Tower Is Still Standing
Any alleged terror plot has to be taken seriously, but the Justice Department is amassing a pretty lousy record when it comes to separating the amateurs from the pros. So it is no surprise that the second trial of the Liberty City Six, formerly the Liberty City Seven, whom the government alleged were planning to take a bus from Miami to Chicago and blow up the Sears Tower … [Read more...] about Bulletin: The Sears Tower Is Still Standing
The Home-Foreclosure Picnic
Hearts aching for millions of Americans in danger of losing their homes, the Senate has been working hard on the Foreclosure Prevention Act, which will provide billions of dollars in tax breaks for airlines, automakers, alternative energy producers and home builders. As they always do, lobbyists have been hijacking the bill that has bipartisan support in an economic crisis … [Read more...] about The Home-Foreclosure Picnic
The Birthday Boy: Pope Benedict is 81 Years Old Today
Probably because the Pope makes little of it, many may not remember that today it's the Pope's birthday: Born April 16, 1927. He's a sharp and strong 81 years old. Age alone is no determinant about a person's abilities to be a strong... Pope... or a President. Relationships Catholics have long had what often seems strange to others, either a kind of an arm's length, … [Read more...] about The Birthday Boy: Pope Benedict is 81 Years Old Today
“Is This Pro-Israel?”
J Street, the counterweight to AIPAC that was launched yesterday, has a slick new video on YouTube: … [Read more...] about “Is This Pro-Israel?”
Who Put Out the Olympic Flame? … Sports Business
Have sports organizations like the International Olympic Committed become "illegitimate transnational powers" that are like "laws unto themselves?" Columnist Henrique Montiero for Portugal's Expresso asks, "Is the Chinese regime less brutal today than the Russian regime of 1980? Or, quite simply, is it that the world can no longer live without China, whose capital insures … [Read more...] about Who Put Out the Olympic Flame? … Sports Business
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has cancer relapse
From NPR: The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Specter said the recurrence "was detected during a routine scan of his chest and abdomen. A biopsy confirmed that the cancer had returned in a chest lymph node." Just last month he had talked about beating the disease while doing a tour for his new book, Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate." This time, his stage is … [Read more...] about Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has cancer relapse
AP Photographer: Jailed In Iraq For Two Years…
Why was a wellknown photographer jailed in Iraq? Was he punished for doing professional work in an independent fashion? "The U.S. military released Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein on Wednesday after holding him for more than two years without filing formal charges," reports AP. In New York, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel … [Read more...] about AP Photographer: Jailed In Iraq For Two Years…
Jig’s Up Hillary: Bruce Endorses Barack
Rocker Bruce Springsteen, who has gotten filthy rich (and deservedly so) for his gritty parables of blue-collar Americans, is defending -- and endorsing -- Barack Obama. The Boss wrote in a message to fans that Obama’s comments that some small town Americans were "bitter" and so they clung to religion and guns, had been “ripped out of context." Wrote Springsteen on his … [Read more...] about Jig’s Up Hillary: Bruce Endorses Barack
Britain: People Find It Difficult To Pay Off Loans…
India lives at two levels. Urban India is enthusiastically chasing a mirage that Western style consumerism holds the key to happiness. But nearly 70 per cent Indians still live in villages or small towns where contentment, and living within one's means, is still the prevalent traditional mantra. What is best option for an average person with limited means? The debate goes … [Read more...] about Britain: People Find It Difficult To Pay Off Loans…
Obama Closes The Gap In Pennsylvania: An Interview With a Keystone State Political Pro
Barack Obama has moved within striking distance of Hillary Clinton with the all-important Pennsylvania primary six days away. The latest Franklin & Marshall Poll shows Clinton clinging to a lead of 46 percent to 40 percent among likely registered Democratic voters, with 14 percent undecided. In March, Clinton led 51 percent to 35 percent. The poll has an error margin of … [Read more...] about Obama Closes The Gap In Pennsylvania: An Interview With a Keystone State Political Pro
ABC/Washington Post Poll: Campaign Against Obama Gives Clinton Her Highest Negatives Since 1992
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that her no-holds-barred campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination against Senator Barack Obama has given Senator Clinton an unfavorable rating higher "than at any time since The Post and ABC began asking the question, in 1992." This confirms what many had suspected was an emerging trend: the more Clinton went negative to … [Read more...] about ABC/Washington Post Poll: Campaign Against Obama Gives Clinton Her Highest Negatives Since 1992
Winning the Food Wars
On the heels of news about food riots breaking out in Africa and Central America, the Washington Post reports that North Korea is in danger of a massive food crisis of its own. TOKYO, April 16 -- Food-starved North Korea is facing a humanitarian crisis this year and will likely need large food donations from the international community, the U.N. World Food Program said … [Read more...] about Winning the Food Wars
Ferrell-Fouts Award Nominee
Christopher Borick, pollster, Muhlenberg College: ... if [Sen. Clinton] is going to have the chance to move beyond Pennsylvania in a meaningful way -- not just a desperation play -- she has to move voters. -------------------- Background: The Ferrell-Fouts Award is named after an SNL skit where Will Ferrell played former QB Dan Fouts as a sportscaster who makes … [Read more...] about Ferrell-Fouts Award Nominee
Further Proof of the Success of the Surge
IRAQI SOLDIERS FLEE AFTER DESERTING TUESDAY NIGHT IN SADR CITY How many more Americans will have to die before the folly of the Iraq war collapses in on itself? Hundreds? Thousands? (Some 25 have died this month alone, a return to pre-Surge levels.) Proving yet again that the Baghdad government is unwilling and unable to take advantage of the opening that the military … [Read more...] about Further Proof of the Success of the Surge
Barack Obama Bitter Cling To
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