Op-Ed: HHS chief Sebelius on health care reform (The Newsroom)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the American Health Insurance Plans 2010 National Policy Forum in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The Newsroom - If you want to understand why we need to reform our health insurance system, you need to know about Americans like Natoma Canfield. Natoma is a 50-year-old cancer survivor from Medina, Ohio, who wrote to President Obama last December. Like a growing number of Americans, she's self-employed and can't get health insurance through her job. But until this January, she always made sure to maintain a policy for herself on the individual market. It was the responsible thing to do.




Op-Ed: Health bill is malpractice (The Newsroom)

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., heads for the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, march 9, 2010, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)The Newsroom - Tom Coburn is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He is also a practicing physician and author of the "Patients' Choice Act" along with Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina and Representatives Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Devin Nunes of California.




Sandra Bullock and the blind side of NCAA March Madness (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Sandra Bullock and her movie “The Blind Side” have something to teach the NCAA during its 2010 Division I men’s basketball tournament – or March Madness.

Slacker Friday (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- My new Think Again column called "Mission Accomplished? Really?" and it's here. I also did a post about the "delusional left" and the health care bill for the Beast, here.

New Rule: Chai Noon (HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Bill Maher's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

Dems Wrong War: Health Care Amid Jobs Crisis (RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Barack Obama said 3,341 words before he advocated health care reform during his State of the Union address. It was indicative of the White House pledge to pivot to jobs in 2010. As early as last Thanksgiving, the president declared, "I will not rest until businesses are investing again and businesses are hiring again and people have work again."

Obama's (now delayed) trip to Indonesia: Can he make it an ally? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In this post-9/11 age, an American leader can hardly ignore a country with the highest Muslim population in the world. The global nature of militant Islam requires the US to build bridges to moderate Muslims. And Indonesia, a mainly Islamic nation of 240 million people that combats terrorists, is one place for such a bridge.

Israeli settlements threaten world security (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of America’s most prominent strategic thinkers, was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. He spoke with Global Viewpoint Network Editor Nathan Gardels on Tuesday, March 17.

March for America (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- In the spring of 2006, as Gabriel Thompson writes at TheNation.com, "millions of immigrants took to the streets to protest a draconian piece of proposed legislation that would have turned all undocumented immigrants--and those who support them--into felons." The marches, which occurred in both big cities and small towns, caught many progressives by surprise.

IKEA, Sweden, and the inheritance tax: lessons for the US (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - America sits at the same economic crossroads today that Sweden faced five years ago. Sweden’s experience in eliminating the death tax could help the United States save businesses and add jobs at a critical time.

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