Fifteen years ago, the Clinton health plan was rejected, in part because of the success of ads sponsored by the health insurance industry. These ads featured a couple--Harry and Louise--talking at their breakfast table and sowing fear about any change in the delivery of healthcare. One can only imagine...

It is clear our Nation needs the stimulus package. But will it create sufficient jobs for persons on the lowest rungs of the job ladder? In midsummer, Larry Summers recommended that a stimulus package be targeted to low and middle income persons. Estimates for the cost of a job run...