Jul 19 2009

Kennedy: Let’s Ration Health Care

Newsweek Managing Editor Daniel Klaidman explains that his magazine decided to ask Sen. Ted Kennedy to author a cover piece on health care, because “his absence during this historic debate had been so palpable, yet here was a way for this respected voice on health care to weigh in and be part of the national [...]

Jul 12 2009

No, America, There Ain’t No Sanity Clause…

…His real name is Attorney General Eric Himpton Holder, Jr.:
“You have the responsibility of enforcing the nation’s laws, and you have to be seen as neutral, detached, and nonpartisan in that effort,” Holder says. “But the reality of being A.G. is that I’m also part of the president’s team. I want the president to succeed; [...]