To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
What Went Wrong?
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Don’t get me wrong. The killing of 16 Afghan men, women and children by an American soldier without provocation and without threat to his own life [or so it appears] was wrong. Completely wrong. It is an unspeakable tragedy for all those involved. It places the lives of other Americans in danger. […]
Expensive Care That Hurts Patients
BY FROMA HARROP The biggest challenge for fixing American health care isn’t finding more money. It’s learning not to spend money on the wrong things. The solution, conservatives say, is simple: Have patients bear more of the costs now being covered by private or government insurers. The concept has merit, except for this: How on […]
What Are We Doing In Afghanistan?
BY JOE CONASON For everyone who originally supported the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to oust the Taliban, the question today is how what was once a righteous mission can end in anything but ruin. Blaming the Bush Administration’s neglect and incompetence for the critical failures of the first several years is fair enough, but it […]
Rising Gas Prices Don’t Hurt Like They Used To
BY FROMA HARROP Here’s why I’m not panicked about rising gasoline prices, as many headlines suggest we all should be. It’s a personal story. Let me start at the beginning. The automotive love of my life was my first. It was a 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix, already 10 years old when it drove to my […]
The Year Of The Woman
BY SUSAN ESTRICH I’ve been through enough “year[s] of the woman” to be more than a little skeptical when someone tries to sell me the story that this is really it. Whenever there are more women running [or, as in 1984, woman singular], we hear about “the year of the woman.” For my money, it […]