Health bill on the line in high-stakes Mass. race
Like a roller-coaster ride on its last twisting turns, President Barack Obama’s campaign to remake health care is barreling into final days of breathless suspense and headlong momentum.
Obama enlists Bush, Clinton to help on Haiti
President Barack Obama is tapping his two predecessors to lead a national drive to raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
Obama, Dems near deal on health care
President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats are closing in on agreement on cost and coverage disputes at the heart of sweeping health care legislation.
America vs Europe: No winner
My column this week for National Journal takes up some recent discussion of an old question: Which has the superior economic model, the US or Europe? The difference is real, I say, but neither is objectively better. On average, material living standard…
Haiti
What can one say? The scale of the calamity simply numbs the mind. The need for a massive emergency relief is self-evident. Rush Limbaugh notwithstanding, I doubt that unwillingness to help will be a problem, least of all in the US, where the public an…