To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Rush-Hour Frustration
BY SUSAN ESTRICH He talks for hours every day. He gets paid to talk. Just talk. Doing it well is no small thing; witness the number of people who have tried to be him, or be the NOT-him, and failed. But he doesn’t have to build a coalition. He doesn’t need the votes of the […]
Canada Profits From Bizarre U.S. Bans
BY FROMA HARROP When a pizzeria closes, the pizzeria down the block usually sees a surge in business. That principle applies to commerce in the larger North American neighborhood. Whenever the United States locks the gate on a plausible economic activity, Canadians move in and profit. The Bush Administration’s hostility toward stem-cell science created opportunity […]