Doug Brooks, founder and head of IPOA, a trade group for private military and security contractors, has long claimed that using such contractors is mo...
David Isenberg | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics
It is not just polemicists at the Nation who question the use of private military contractors -- professors at the U.S. Naval Academy and at West Point have also critiqued the practice.
David Isenberg | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics
Today, the U.S. military relies on private contractors to the extent that they serve as the equivalent of an American Express credit card. The military literally can't go without them.
Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics
Mammograms weren't outlawed. They weren't taken away. No one's insurance stopped covering them. It's just a recommendation.
Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 03.18.2010 | Denver
Potentially egregious anti-trust violations in the insurance industry should not be permitted, and the government should be given the power to protect the public from harmful behavior that drives up prices.
Robert Stavins | Posted 03.18.2010 | Green
The new debate over climate change is repeating the confusion that was prevalent in the press about the allowance allocation in the Waxman-Markey legislation in the House of Representatives.
Robert Stavins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
I had thought that arguments about massive "free lunches" in the energy efficiency and climate domain had long since been laid to rest. The debates in California (and some of the rhetoric in Washington) prove otherwise.
Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 02.12.2010 | Politics
Physicians ration care daily based on the patient's type of insurance, on our office's ability to obtain preauthorization, on patient's demands, and on the patient's willingness to pay.
Deane Waldman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Health care is considered so sick in the USA that many believe anything is better than what we have now, so let's pass ObamaCare. At least, it is a ...
David Isenberg | Posted 03.04.2010 | Home