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...bold strategy and one that has never been tried before in the AIDS field, but Ho is willing to stake his reputation and that of his nearly 20-year-old facility, the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC) in New York City, on his hunch. So is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has steered nearly $7 million his way to pursue the theory. Ho has redirected more than half of his lab to the project, and the results so far have reignited his passion for discovery; he's now back at the lab bench overseeing experiments...
...them to find a job. It becomes a vicious circle that keeps at least some from moving back into the workforce and recovering lost financial security. No politician, especially a Democrat, wants to be accused of being heartless, but Obama might take a lesson from President Bill Clinton, who tightened welfare rules - and pushed millions out of a destructive cycle of poverty. Unlike the '90s, these are especially difficult economic times, and no one should underestimate the severity of American job losses or the fact that millions of jobs in sectors like manufacturing have disappeared for good. But politicians should...
...drop the atom bomb. John F. Kennedy found himself invading Cuba. I wonder when Obama's moment came, as he splashed into office through a sea of red ink, ended his first year with a national-security nightmare and in between set out to pass a health care reform bill that a majority of the public now doesn't want...
...Bill Koch, PITTSBURGH...
...what happens next? Last month, the House narrowly passed a financial-reform bill that included many of the Administration's priorities, including a strong consumer agency. It received no Republican votes. Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd has been trying to forge a bipartisan consensus around a similar bill, but Republicans have made it clear that the consumer agency is a deal breaker. And the Hill is swarming with financial lobbyists who are desperate to preserve the status quo. (See judgments of Obama's first year, issue by issue...