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Re-tooling the Medicare/medicaid model

…years. Here was her post to the online version of my Op Ed: In April 2008, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter and I published a case study profiling Commonwealth…

Was it a Gang of Seven?

by Bruce Webb Max Baucus of Montana (pop 935,670- 89.2% white) Kent Conrad of North Dakota (pop 636,677- 90.1% white) Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico (pop 1,928,384- 42.8% white) Michael

Golgotha program update

…can figure them out either – Michael Harrington says Engels later conceded that Lassalle had gotten the Iron Law from the Communist Manifesto. If you’re right that Marx is arguing…

by Linda Beale This is one of those weeks when almost everything has a tax angle. Let’s survey. Michael Jackson’s funeral Should taxpayers have to foot the bill for the…

Undercover in Burma

rdan Undercover in Burma by Michael Perelman My former student, Ryan Libre, snuck into Burma to meet with the Kachin Independence Army. He is one of my favorite students, even…

The sanctity of contracts…at your convenience

rdan Michael Perelman reminds us of the propaganda involved in selling the way the bailout is happening. Brenda Rosser said in comments… This article appears to be thinly-disguised propaganda. An…

Bestest Day of the Year: SSRR Day

…(aka Commissioner Michael Astrue) has not actually delivered his special SS Egg, and gosh who knows, given that we are still in transition from the old Administration and that three…