Op-Ed Contributor: Health care reform is an economic necessity
Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:57 am PDT
 The Yahoo! Newsroom - Washington, DC – Health care reform is more than a social imperative – it is an economic necessity. A new study by the President's Council of Economic Advisers demonstrates that the current American health care system is on an unsustainable path. Without health care reform, American workers and families will continue to experience eroding health care benefits and stagnating wages caused by the pressure of escalating health insurance premiums. And without reform, rising spending on Medicare and Medicaid will lead to massive and unsustainable Federal budget deficits. Full Story | Top |
Food Independence Day
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:35 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- Thanks to the Serious Eats site for alerting me to a new July 4 campaign. Kitchen Gardeners International (the same people who successfully led the charge for a White House Kitchen Garden) are encouraging patriotic citizens to celebrate America's independence by feasting on locally grown and raised food on the fourth. Full Story | Top |
Sanford Family Learned Of Affair Amid Stimulus Battle
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00 pm PDT
 RealClearPolitics.com - During a gripping press conference carried live on national cable, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) acknowledged having been unfaithful to his wife for the past year, and also misleading his own staff and through them the state about his whereabouts in the past week. Full Story | Top |
The Ricci ruling's real message
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - America's unsettled debate over race has too often been conducted between judges writing alone in their chambers rather than in open forums by the public or their elected representatives. Full Story | Top |
The Ricci riddle and the law's limits
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Can you break the law to avoid breaking the law? It sounds like a riddle, or a logical paradox, but in fact it is the question underlying yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. And like other riddles, Ricci may have something deeper to teach us. Full Story | Top |
SCANDAL DU JOUR
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:31 pm PDT
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- It occurred to me, after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's amazing (and amazingly long) public confession about his "other woman," that we might be better off as a country were we to turn things around. In short, instead of having to listen to miscreant men who have cheated on their wives, we could call to the front of the line those who have not. Full Story | Top |
Making a Monkey Out of Darwin
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00 am PDT
Pat Buchanan - "You have no notion of the intrigue that goes on in this blessed world of science," wrote Thomas Huxley. "Science is, I fear, no purer than any other region of human activity; though it should be." Full Story | Top |
Did Someone Say Coup?
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00 am PDT
Mona Charen - The news that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was removed from his post and spirited out of the country by the Honduran military has elicited official condemnations from the governments of France, Ecuador, Chile, Spain, and Argentina; as well as protests from the Organization of American States and the United Nations. Full Story | Top |
HAPPY DAYS WILL BE HERE AGAIN
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:34 am PDT
Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- The word "recession" became part of my vocabulary in 1958, when I dropped out of college to look for a job. It was a tough year, particularly if your resume was as thin as mine. Working as a lifeguard, selling records at a department store or lugging material around at an ironworks did not impress many employers. Full Story | Top |
SANFORD'S HYPOCRISY WILL OUTLAST HEADLINES OF HIS AFFAIR
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:57 pm PDT
Cynthia Tucker - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his family are in the midst of an emotionally wrenching and deeply personal crisis. I feel sorry for them. I especially pity Sanford's four sons, caught up in a scandal they did nothing to create. Full Story | Top |
TAXING INHERITANCE
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:57 pm PDT
David Shribman - Iraq and the economy are hard problems. President Barack Obama seems to be handling them gracefully. Iran and health care are hard problems. The president is having more difficulty with them. Full Story | Top |
Don't Cry for Me
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00 am PDT
Susan Estrich - Spare me the tears, OK? If you want me to respect the privacy of your stupidity, don't expect my sympathy. And whatever you do, I don't want to hear about your agony. Full Story | Top |
True Revolutionaries
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00 am PDT
Linda Chavez - The security forces may have temporarily crushed the resistance in Iran, but the revolution is far from over. Full Story | Top |
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