Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback
The top five stories worth reading from the week in worth-reading stories
It's too soon to start buying into the chorus of economic recovery.
As the president faces a dilemma over Iran, and the battle for the republic, we would do well to remember that Iran had a democracy once – the first in the middle east – before we took it away.
Nate Silver has a great analysis of how opposition to a public insurance plan is directly proportional to bribes, er, campaign contributions from the health insurance and pharmaceutical lobby.
Our system currently looks for any excuse, real or made up, to dump patients for profits. It's a rigged deck. Insurance companies have forced consumers to pay billions they themselves should have paid.
The New York Times has a great article on geothermal powers benefits and risks.
It's too soon to start buying into the chorus of economic recovery.
As the president faces a dilemma over Iran, and the battle for the republic, we would do well to remember that Iran had a democracy once – the first in the middle east – before we took it away.
Nate Silver has a great analysis of how opposition to a public insurance plan is directly proportional to bribes, er, campaign contributions from the health insurance and pharmaceutical lobby.
Our system currently looks for any excuse, real or made up, to dump patients for profits. It's a rigged deck. Insurance companies have forced consumers to pay billions they themselves should have paid.
The New York Times has a great article on geothermal powers benefits and risks.
posted by Patrick at Saturday, June 27, 2009
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