Archive for July, 2009

No, ‘Every Other Developed Country’ Does Not Have Single-Payer Health Care

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - by Clayton E. Cramer

Countries considered single-payer are reliant on private insurance, and such a system won't cure all our ills.

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The Associated Press Declares War on the Online World

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - by Tom Blumer

AP wants websites to pay for content users may not read — or even see.

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Afghanistan Idol

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - by Christian Toto

A new documentary explores the cultural phenomenon that is the Afghani version of American Idol.

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Putin Enlists the Church in His Power Grab

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

A final effort to consolidate dictatorship.

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Birthers Have a Point: Is Hawaii Really a State?

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - by Frank J. Fleming

Hawaiians could be lying about Obama now just like when they set off bombs at Pearl Harbor and blamed it on the Japanese. (Also read Roger Kimball: Obama, We Hardly Know Ye)

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Obama Regresses to Cold War Mythology … and Switches Sides

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - by Oleg Atbashian

The world needs post-Cold War thinking. But Obama is stuck in a world of parochial clichés. (This is Part 1 of a series.)

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Our President’s Pitch on Family Values Is a Sinker

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Watch it in its entirety here.

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PJM Poll: How Should Obama, Crowley, and Gates Break the Ice?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Once the trio hit the White House and crack open their beer, the silence may be awkward. What should Obama say in order to make the Harvard prof and the Cambridge cop kiss and make up?

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Shattering Myths About Immigrants

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Some surprising results from a new study on how fast newcomers assimilate.

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Was Sa’ad Bin Laden Managing Al-Qaeda from Iran?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

Osama bin Laden's son may be more than just a "low-level" target, as U.S. counterterrorism official once described him.

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