What They Are Saying: 09.03.09
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Dick Cheney’s Version: The government owes Americans a full investigation into the orders to approve torture, as well as the twisted legal briefs that justified those policies. [New York Times] Elmo is right: Wash your hands! [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Billing woes: Our system of medical billing is sick — impenetrably complex, in need of reform. [Houston Chronicle] Health Care That Works: Government, for all its flaws, manages to do some things right, and one area that government intervention has been a step up is in medical care. [New York Times] Keeping at-risk kids out of jail — it’s an art: ‘Tough on crime’ gang injunctions just funnel teens into jail. But one former gang member knows firsthand how a little care and attention can make a true difference. [LA Times] Clean up after Agent Orange: Far better than a belated apology from William Calley for the killings at My Lai would be a greater US effort to help the Vietnamese deal with the Agent Orange dioxin left from our years of using herbicides to defoliate and destroy crops in that country. [Boston Globe] Workers in America, Cheated: Workplace abuses are flourishing in the absence of a working immigration system, where illegal immigrants are vital to the economy but helpless to assert their rights. [New York Times] Compromise a fading art: The recent death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was certainly a blow to his cherished goal of health-care reform. But it also could mean an end to the art of compromise in Congress. [Philadelphia Inquirer] Aging boomers: Hit the pavement softly – Aging super-athletes are just asking for trouble from their bodies if they push things too much after 50. [Boston Globe] Honduras: Make it official — it’s a coup. A formal finding would trigger a suspension of U.S. aid. [LA Times] Reform requires consumer pressure: As the debate over health reform turns toward cost control, there is a debate brewing between two rival camps [Boston Globe] Cherry tacos anyone? [Chicago Tribune] The federal debt and the tough choices ahead: Ballooning federal deficits leave Congress in a bind, and the choices get worse the longer it waits. [LA Times] |
