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 [...]
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A Second Look: Obama’s Governing Begins: First Day On The Job
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 Second Look: China Censors Parts Of Obama’s Speech
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 [...]
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