Paul Krugman’s Betraying the Planet
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Kimberley Strassel’s The Climate Change Climate Change
Alarmists vs. Deniers: Global Warming Bill’s Chances
In Climatology on June 29, 2009 at 4:00 pmMedia Squabbles…Neat!
In Media on June 25, 2009 at 11:05 amThe issue is over HuffPo reporter Nico Pitney’s being called upon for a question at President Obama’s press conference yesterday. Was he unfairly favored, having been alerted earlier that he might be chosen to pose his question? Is it a sign of the Obama administration’s control over certain facets of the press?
New York Times’ The Caucus: HuffPo’s Question at Obama News Conference Sparks a Media Flap
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Huffington Post’s: Media Playground: Obama Calls on HuffPost, Michael Calderone Pouts, Ben Smith Calls Us Names, Dana Milbank Gets His Facts All Wrong
New York Times columnist David Brooks on the problems with Health Care Reform
In Health Care on June 24, 2009 at 1:21 pm“…There is a great deal of talk about the need to restrain costs…Some senators and advisers suggest cutting back on universal coverage. Others have come up with a bunch of little cuts in hopes of getting closer to the trillion-dollar tab. The administration has ambitious plans to slash Medicare spending. But there is almost nothing that gets to the core of the problem. Under the leading approaches, health care providers would still have powerful incentives to provide more and more services and use more expensive technology…
…This would be bad enough in normal times. But the country is already careening toward fiscal ruin. We’ve already passed a nearly $800 billion stimulus package. The public debt is already projected to double over the next 10 years. Health care reform is important, but it is not worth bankrupting the country over.”
Read Brooks’ column here: Something for Nothing
