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Now is the time to start worrying

…vote is the political equivalent of a bottomless crack pipe: it will please the conservative “base,” distance them from both Bush and “Washington,” and let them indulge in both anti-government…

More on the McCain Health Care Plan

…I suspect that underuse of health care (statins, oral anti-diabetics, insulin, anti-hypertensives, antacids that actually work and prevent ulcers, cancer screening etc etc etc) is more costly than overuse (even…

Evening News Report: Angry Bears Testify on Capitol Hill

…tenor of the discussion won’t change, as anti-peak-oil people (anti-reality, really) continuously attempt to shift the discussion back to a point that nobody disputes.” Senator Sammy: “This is just two…

No room for humans in idealogy

…find themselves pilloried as stooges of the neoconservative conspiracy — quite as if any writer from a Muslim background who fails to adhere to at least a few anti-imperialist or…

ALWAYS READ THE FOOTNOTES

In this mornings New York Times Bruce Bartlett published a nice list of anti recession measures by Congress and makes the point that they are always too late. However, if…

Crime

anti-piracy conference this week, organised by the the Italian government’s anti-piracy commission, was warned that almost everything was being counterfeited – from fake “Colgate” toothpaste containing harmful bacteria and antifreeze

Mary Cheney v. John Kerry

…for himself: Kerry spokesman David Wade said Mary Cheney had “flacked for the most anti-gay administration in history.” “Seems like a suspicious lecture from a political operative who flacked for…

The Phillips Curve: Bernanke v. Kudlow

…more hefty job gains … In the months ahead, Ben Bernanke will follow the anti-inflation thinking of Milton Friedman. President Bush will continue to embrace the pro-growth Laffer curve. And…