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The Idea Lobby
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Do Panels Dispense Advice or Rationales?
The partisanization of just about everything in D.C. leaves a scientific advisory panel on bioethics moored in ideological shoals.
A Nation of Ostriches and Peacocks
A new Pew poll finds Americans are at record levels of isolationism, although large numbers are unilateralist and a plurality see China as the world's leading economic power.
Oh, One Last Thing Before You Go …
Advocacy groups en masse ratchet up their messages in the lead-up to the global climate change conference.
U.S. Lethargy at Copenhagen Might Be Best for Climate
The U.S. Senate's balkiness at passing a weak-kneed symbolic climate plan leaves an open door to a genuine and meaningful American bill.
Cost Savings From Health IT: Priceless
The miracle berry’s astounding ability to turn the sour sweet makes it a party favorite, but its properties may help dieters and cancer patients, too.
Are Cities Like Lehman Brothers or AIG?
Things are tough all over, but the National League of Cities suggests when improvement comes, cities may be among the last to know.
Dengue Fever Slips Across the Border
In a less remarked-upon aspect of climate change, tropical diseases like dengue fever — once restricted to warmer or moister climes — are infiltrating the United States.
Job Counting Offers New Battlefield for Partisans
The administration's imperfect tally of stimulus-created jobs sculpts new vistas for the punditocracy to survey.
Some Presumed ‘Opt-Outers’ May Spite Themselves
A public option for U.S. health care has been refashioned as a decision for individual states. Might some states most in need spurn the offer?