To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, May 6, 2024

Observercast

What Went Wrong?

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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 […]