Three days ago, I posted a letter signed by many health and social policy experts concerning individual mandates. I happily signed because the mandate...
I am puzzled by the shrillness of your columns about Obama, and your rather exclusive focus on individual mandates as the litmus test for a progressive politician.
Given John Edwards' slashing attacks on Sen. Clinton, one would expect him to endorse Obama or no one. Politics being what it is, one would be foolish to predict.
The greatest single risk that Republicans will retain the White House is that Sen. Clinton will win the nomination, only to be brought down by some financial embarrassment involving herself or her husband.
Even if we could correct these misplaced incentives of private insurers, it seems as though anything beneficial insurers can do could be accomplished better and cheaper by government.
If the Obama campaign is a cult, it is a cult that includes a remarkable number of notably ungullible, non-follower-type people.
Lawrence Lessig is a distinguished legal scholar who has written extensively on intellectual property rights in the information age. He recently poste...
The Houston Chronicle wrote a nice endorsement of Barack Obama. This is another Obama endorsement from a key newspaper in a battleground state. Here...
My friend has compiled a boatload of valuable information on Obama's work and legislative record, including 570 bills he has sponsored or cosponsored in the U.S. Senate.
Last night, we watched a fine debate. Senator Clinton badly needed to hurt Senator Obama. She did not, and so perhaps lost her final chance of the 200...
Today's New York Times describes how many people are foregoing useful genetic tests out of fear that they will face discrimination from health insurer...
{Apologies to those who find this redundant due to a posting difficulty} Last night, we watched a fine debate. Senator Clinton badly needed to hurt S...
It's ironic that Ralph Nader, this generation's most prominent critic of corporate privilege, handed the presidency to George W. Bush.
The 2008 health reform debate is different from the poisonous debates of the '90s that culminated in welfare reform. It's about us this time, not some stereotyped other.
Autism spectrum disorders are especially mysterious, varied, and frightening. Spreading debunked rumors will not help anyone here.
