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CPR Means "DNR" for Health Care Reform

They're at it again. Conservatives, in concert with the health insurance industry, are desperately reaching for relevance on health care. But what they call CPR is really DNR — a "do not resuscitate" order for a health care system in critical condition. "Conservatives...

How the Government Enabled the SUV Craze

Far be it from me to criticize anyone in government. (Yeah. Right.) But there's something that's been on my mind ever since people started piling on the auto industry, and this comment from Rahm Emmanuel brought it back to mind. The president's chief of staff...

Hire Hilda Solis, Already

Pop quiz. Three questions, and the first two don't count. Quick. Name the last time working Americans and their families had a friend in a presidential administration. Now, name ten good things conservatives — or conservatism — ever did for American workers. (And, no,...

The Terrorist at the Bus Stop

Every morning, my neighbor and her six-year-old daughter share a bus stop with a terrorist — or a member of a terrorist organization, at least. That's distressing enough, because my son rides the same school bus. But I recently discovered that the terrorist at my...

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