via Op-Ed Contributor – Medicine for the Job Market – NYTimes.com.
By JONATHAN GRUBER
Published: December 4, 2008
A CENTRAL feature of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was an aggressive plan to expand health insurance coverage by subsidizing low-income Americans and preventing discrimination against the ill.
Given the present need to address the economic crisis, many people say the government [...]
via Obama’s Governing Begins: First Day On The Job.
The shift in administrations _ former President George W. Bush was back home in Texas _ was underscored in far-off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where a judge granted Obama’s request to suspend the war crimes trial of a young Canadian. The judge, Army Col. Patrick Parrish, issued a [...]
via China Censors Parts Of Obama’s Speech.
The comments by the newly installed U.S. president veered into politically sensitive territory for China’s ruling Communist Party, which maintains a tight grip over the Internet and the entirely state-run media. Beijing tolerates little dissent and frequently decries foreign interference in its internal affairs.
At one point, Obama said earlier [...]