Pass the Health Bill

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 18th, 2009 @ 07:09:27 am , using 822 words, 61 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

Watched replay in Senate of Franken snubbing Lieberman and then McCain says it was wrong. No good debate in the Senate. Krugman in today's NY Times says to Dems to go ahead and pass the flawed health bill. Says it is better than nothing and probably the… more »
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Dailykos: Rant from Portland, Me.

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 16th, 2009 @ 03:17:39 pm , using 206 words, 65 views
Category: Repetitions

Yesterday I poked my head into some of the healthcare diaries. Wow---they're a bit intense. In the first one, I lost a buttock. In the second, someone stole my shoes. In the third, I was hogtied and roasted over a spit. In the fourth, my lumbago acted up… more »
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Bill Pearlman's Profile of Thomas Pynchon

Posted by: Stace Johnson
Published on December 12th, 2009 @ 09:34:41 am , using 85 words, 114 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions, Links

Our own Bill Pearlman wrote a profile of Thomas Pynchon that appeared in the London Review of Books.  Here's an excerpt. Looking back on it, I think Pynchon saw his life as mainly being concerned with writing, and experimenting with ideas in writing… more »
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Controlling Health Care Costs and Reform

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 4th, 2009 @ 08:21:33 am , using 565 words, 63 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

The sheer quantity fear tacticson health reform from the Republicans in the Senate debate continues. Paul Krugman takes this question of cost to task in article today. It is time to act, says PK, and I think he is right on. Listen:   Are we talking a… more »
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Here We Go Again

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 1st, 2009 @ 02:04:55 pm , using 192 words, 43 views
Category: Repetitions

The tougher choice for the president would have been to tell the public that the U.S. is a nation faced with terrible troubles here at home and that it is time to begin winding down a war that veered wildly off track years ago. But that would have taken… more »
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Krugman on Economic Revcovery and Fear from Wall St.

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on November 23rd, 2009 @ 07:59:09 am , using 664 words, 66 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

Kr;ugman in today's NY Times about the need to do more to get the economy moving, quoting Summers in an earlier take which Krugman says is even more the case today.   But in a recent interview with Fox News, the president sounded diffident and nervou… more »
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Obama and Afghanistan

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on November 19th, 2009 @ 07:17:36 am , using 802 words, 61 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

  NY Times editorial this am, asking what the task is for Obama in Afghanistan as this long deliberation continues. He inherited this from the Bush team but now he has to make a move with it. Are there any good options? Will this war define and ultimate… more »
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The Shrinks in The Field

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on November 7th, 2009 @ 05:26:04 pm , using 787 words, 40 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

  This from a NY Times posting today, 11-7-09: Many of the patients who fill the day are bereft, angry, broken. Their experiences are gruesome, their distress lasting and the process of recovery exhausting. The repeated stories of battle and loss can… more »
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