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Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Robert Reich's Blog - By Robert Reich - Jun. 29 (Opinion) - Without a public option, the other parties that comprise America's non-system of health care -- private insurers, doctors, hospitals, drug companies, and medical suppliers -- have little or no incentive to supply high-quality care at a lower cost than they do now.

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The 13 people who made torture possible

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Marcy Wheeler - May. 18 (Opinion) - 13 key people in the Bush administration cannot claim they relied on the memos from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel. Some of the 13 manipulated the federal bureaucracy and the legal process to "preauthorize" torture in the days after 9/11. Others helped implement torture, and still others helped write the memos that provided the Bush administration with a legal fig leaf after torture had already begun.

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Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Clay Shirky - By Clay Shirky - Mar. 14 (Opinion) - When someone demands to be told how we can replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told that we are not living through a revolution. They are demanding to be told that old systems won’t break before new systems are in place. They are demanding to be told that ancient social bargains aren’t in peril, that core institutions will be spared, that new methods of spreading information will improve previous practice rather than upending it. They are demanding to be lied to.

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All of Them Must Go

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Nation - By Naomi Klein - Feb. 09 (Opinion) - Perhaps the sturdiest thread connecting this global backlash is a rejection of the logic of "extraordinary politics"--the phrase coined by Polish politician Leszek Balcerowicz to describe how, in a crisis, politicians can ignore legislative rules and rush through unpopular "reforms."

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Yoo for the Defense

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Harper's - By Scott Horton - Jan. 31 (Opinion) - I’ve followed John Yoo and his writings with some care for a while now, and I think I finally understand what this is about. Namely, a pending probe by the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is looking at serious ethical issues surrounding the issuance of Yoo’s legal opinions.

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