The End Of The “Islamic State.”
…the US, and it is not a bad translation of the Arabic “al-Dawla al Islamiyya fi al-Iraq wa al Sham(s).” Calling it just “the Islamic State(IS)” cuts off everything in…
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A Bridge Over Troubled Water and Politics?
…build those specific parts of the bridge,” Manufacturing Group Protests Chinese Steel Used in Bay Bridge Construction, KPIX CBS __________________ Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label June…
A Racist Screed in the New York Times
Peter Dorman, Econospeak, A Racist Screed in the New York Times Really bad, misguided, even malicious writing serves a purpose, showing in extreme form the faults that, more subtly expressed,…
Direct Contracting and The Medicare ‘Money Machine’
…health care delivery, creating excessive costs for taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries, draining the Medicare Trust Fund, obstructing the badly needed value transformation of American health care, and diverting the money…
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
…have written my last column for the New York Times, this newsletter is coming out of dormancy. It will be mostly economics-related, and I’ll try to stay away from pure political punditry,…