Op-Ed: Republican calls for patient-centered wellness
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:49 pm PST
 The Yahoo! Newsroom - Republican Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter is Chair of the Republican House Policy Committee and serves the 11th congressional district of Southeast Michigan. He is currently serving his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Full Story | Top |
Can We Get Some Small-d Democracy?
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:54 am PST
The Nation - The Nation -- I have long advocated for a strong pro-democracy agenda to repair and strengthen our broken electoral system. The needs are many--from creating an Election Day holiday, to requiring voting machines that produce a voter-verified paper trail, to re-enfranchising former felons who have served their sentences, to public campaign financing. Full Story | Top |
Toast, fries, and kisses: Everything is better French
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:00 am PST
The Christian Science Monitor - For any Americans out there with a lingering distaste for all things French, a holdover from the Bush era perhaps, it may come as a surprise to discover France is rated a considerably better place to live than the United States. Full Story | Top |
The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:56 am PST
The Nation - The Nation -- Thanks to Nation reader Sarah Emily Labance for introducing me to this brilliant and frightening video. It's the best argument I've seen yet for taking immediate action on climate change. The logic would seem undeniable even for the denialists. Full Story | Top |
Off Year Races, a Mixed Bag of Tea Leaves
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:00 pm PST
RealClearPolitics.com - Ronald Reagan's 1980 landslide was a year old. By November 1981, eyes were on the off-year elections. Reagan and George H.W. Bush campaigned heavily for the GOP candidates. Republicans scratched out the narrowest of victories in New Jersey. But Democrats won the Virginia governorship for the first time in more than a decade. The New York Times headline on November 5, 1981: "A Warning for the GOP." Full Story | Top |
Lessons for the White House from the Doctor Fix Debacle
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - The day after White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's Clintonesque plan to triangulate and divide Republicans and doctors failed a major newspaper published this headline: "Democrats Lose Big Test Vote on Health Legislation." The title was so fair and balanced many media obsessed White House advisers could have attributed it to Fox News. Yet, it was the New York Times that captured in a well-written, fair and subtle story the depth of the challenge the White House faces in its push to enact major health care reform legislation. Full Story | Top |
Medicare Rationing for Kidney Dialysis
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:28 am PST
The Weekly Standard - A new proposal from Medicare has been published in the Federal Registry and it provides a window on how medical care will be delivered in the future under a government-run system. Full Story | Top |
TIME TO END THIS MODERN PROHIBITION
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:58 pm PDT
Cynthia Tucker - Forty years ago, President Nixon used the unfortunate phrase "War on Drugs," launching a misguided crusade that has encouraged street violence, eaten away at state budgets and packed our prisons with nonviolent offenders. The nation's punitive approach to drugs has turned us into a penal colony. We lock up more of our citizens per capita than brutal dictators like Robert Mugabe and Fidel Castro. Full Story | Top |
AGONIZING OVER AFGHANISTAN
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:58 pm PDT
David Shribman - It may be that a swift resolution to the Afghanistan debate is essential. It may be that political pressures make delay unappealing or even impossible. It may be that President Barack Obama's growing reputation for leisurely consideration and for easy compromise requires him to make a brisk ruling on American policy in Afghanistan. Full Story | Top |
WHY CANADIANS ARE LAUGHING AT US
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:58 pm PDT
Richard Reeves - AUSTIN, Texas -- A guy walks up to you in a bar here and asks, "Are you a Republican, conservative or independent?" You can't tell if he's kidding. After all, this is the most liberal place in the state. It's also where I first heard about Shona Holmes, the Canadian lady. Full Story | Top |
FOREIGN JOURNALISTS FACE A DANGEROUS NEW WORLD
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:50 pm PDT
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- This fall, David Rohde, a young and intrepid journalist covering Afghanistan for The New York Times, told the dramatic story of his seven months in captivity with one of the most extreme Taliban militias -- from his capture in Afghanistan to months in miserable, gun-filled rooms in the Pakistani tribal areas. Full Story | Top |
Hold the Sneakers
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Susan Estrich - To be honest, I don't care whether Valerie Jarrett plays basketball or not. And I certainly would hate to see Ambassador Susan Rice, known to be a good player, missing meetings at the United Nations so she can make it to the White House court. Full Story | Top |
What's in a Name?
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Linda Chavez - It's a good thing Larry Whitten isn't in charge of the editorial page of this publication; otherwise, I might be forced to write under the name Pretty Keys — which is how Linda Chavez roughly translates from (old) Spanish to English. Full Story | Top |
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