Month: September 2009

I want to present a perhaps controversial thesis that Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan (Taoiseach and Finance Minister, respectively) are not only basically honest but perhaps also the two most capable men in Irish politics (there...

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Writing about health care policy is a really daunting challenge. To be really good at it, you have to really get down in the weeds. You have to understand a lot about the budget. You need to understand the insurance industry....

Mary Travers Of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and...