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Drug makers’ deals
From the San Jose Mercury News, Tuesday, Nov. 17:
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Mammogram advice is harbinger of rationing
I am shocked and appalled at the cataclysmic shift in the guidelines to later age and less frequent mammograms. This is diametrically opposite from the American Cancer Society guidelines, and from what most oncologists and practicing physicians think is needed.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:30 am | Loading…
China’s yuan, not the dollar, is too cheap
From Berlin to Bangkok, governments are screaming about the falling dollar, because they can no longer rely on reckless American consumers to power their economies.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:25 am | Loading…
Obamacare: Buy now, pay later
There is an air of absurdity to what is mistakenly called "health-care reform." Everyone knows that the United States faces massive governmental budget deficits as far as calculators can project, driven heavily by an aging population and uncontrolled health costs. As we recover slowly fro…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Medicalizing mass murder
What a surprise -- that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre playin…
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:30 am | Loading…
9/11 trials will highlight fairness
The accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four of his accused accomplices will stand trial where they should have been tried in the first place -- a civilian federal courthouse in Manhattan only blocks from the site of the World Trade Center.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Health bill is a start
From the San Jose Mercury News, Tuesday, Nov. 10:
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Pfizer facility closing highlights eminent domain injustice
Pfizer, Inc., announced this week that the company will be closing its former research and development headquarters in New London, Conn. This was a project that involved massive corporate welfare and led to the abuse of eminent domain that ultimately bulldozed the home of Susette Kelo and…
Nov 11, 2009 | 10:55 am | Loading…
Ordinary people doing the extraordinary
When then-Governor Ronald Reagan introduced returning POW John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, "Where do we find such men?"
Nov 11, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
U.S. neglects international challenges to growth
Stocks are soaring, yet unemployment surges and the dollar slumps -- a paradox made possible by Washington's neglect of international challenges to U.S. growth.
Nov 10, 2009 | 12:30 pm | Loading…
Forging a Federal Shield
Originally appeared in The Washington Post, Nov. 5:
Nov 10, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The next economic bubble?
When Nouriel Roubini talks, the world listens. Roubini is, of course, the once-obscure New York University economist whose dire warnings about a financial crisis proved depressingly prophetic. Last week, Roubini was shouting. Writing in the Financial Times, he warned that the Federal Rese…
Nov 10, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
States should guide reform
Congress is on the verge of enacting the largest unfunded mandate in American history. At a time when most states are struggling with rising unemployment, declining tax revenue and the worst national economic climate in 30 years, Congress is demonstrating that it is more out of touch than…
Nov 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Obamacare may hide a nasty surprise
Obamacare could have the unintended consequence of raising health insurance premiums and causing a decline in the number of people with insurance.
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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