29 November 2010

November 28, 2010 02:30 PM
from Crooks and liars: "Stockman: Bush Administration and Paulson Destroyed Last Vestige of Fiscal Responsibility We Had in the Republican Party"

Even allowing for the sunnier picture he paints of the GOP of bygone days, it's still nice to hear a republican advocating for (ahem) progressive taxation.

Economist's View: "Workers Must Work Longer for Less Because the Rich are Living Longer"

"New poll undercuts GOP claims of a midterm mandate"
via Maha

Alternet: "How Our Dependence on Cheap Meat Is Helping to Destroy the Fabric of the Country"
As family farms and ranches fail, consumers suffer, too.

Glenn Greenwald:"The FBI successfully thwarts its own Terrorist plot"

New Yorker: McAllen, Texas and the high cost of health care

about health-care costs. Writer contrasts the high-cost health-care system in McAllen, Texas, with the lower-cost systems at the Mayo Clinic and in Grand Junction, Colorado. McAllen, Texas is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country.