What’s next in Iraq?
Iraq held parliamentary elections yesterday. It is estimated that turnout was 62 percent, not bad at all under the circumstances (but with bombings and other forms of violence, the circumstances were bad).
No party came close to 50 percent, so there will be an extended period of post-election deadlock. Under Iraq’s constitution, a [...]
Going Beyond Paper and Pencil: Investments in Health IT
Keeping track of huge piles of paperwork is not an easy task for anyone. Imagine doing that for our entire health care system. In effect, that is what is going on with our current paper and pencil system of medical record keeping — until now.
At the Department of Health and Human Services, part of [...]
Obamic Options 002: The Limits of Tolerance of Pinkos
Five months ago, in the heady days of Barack H. Obama’s spring fling, I noted that he (along with most other liberals) was far more interested in destroying traditional marriage, by foisting same-sex marriage (SSM) on Americans, than he was in extending actual liberty to U.S. servicemen who happen to be gay.
That is, while Obama [...]
Obama facing hurdles to nuclear disarmament goals - Joplin Globe
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Five months after President Barack Obama, with great fanfare, called for a world free of nuclear weapons, a crucial step toward that goal is running into resistance. There is little indication Obama will have the votes he needs …
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Blood For Oil
The real thing, this time: leaked British diplomatic correspondence published in the London Times appears to make it clear that Great Britain let Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi go in order to finalize an oil deal with Libya:
The British government decided it was “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom” to make Abdelbaset [...]
In Their Own Words: Why Mass. Democrats Rejected Interim Senate Appointments in 2004
In 2004, the Massachusetts legislature passed a law to fill Senate vacancies through special election rather than gubernatorial appointment in order to prevent Mitt Romney from picking John Kerry’s successor should Kerry have won the presidential election. Now Massachusetts Democrats are working to change the law again and allow Democratic governor Deval Patrick to appoint [...]
