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...crowd has gotten crankier in the face of the brash indifference to its fury. It seems that the mighty have been hit with some virulent strain of arrogance common to those told that they were Too Big to Fail. First the auto executives swooped into town in their Gulfstream IVs to ask for $25 billion; then Merrill Lynch superman John Thain spent $1,405 on a trash can and suggested he deserved a $40 million bonus for losing $15 billion in the fourth quarter. Even Tom Daschle, whose loyal Senate brethren were set to confirm him to the Cabinet, discovered...
Cancer of the prostate is the most common type among men in the developed world. In the U.S., where 186,000 people receive the diagnosis each year, only skin cancer is more common. But despite its prevalence, the lack of a fail-safe test is a frustration to physicians. Currently, older men at risk of prostate cancer undergo a PSA test, which detects a protein called prostate-specific antigen in the blood. Men who have elevated PSA levels, which may indicate cancer, undergo invasive biopsies but often end up not having the disease at all. Even when the biopsy finds...
Scholarship programs or financial aid incentives that encourage public service, while important, fail to send as clear and salient a message: that public service is a priority not only for the select few who are interested in or even aware of these programs, but also for every American citizen...
...ability to reason and see things clearly. They lose the compass they may have had. Even the analytic ability of "experts" is compromised, so the spreads among forecasts get very broad as things get worse. It might be of some comfort that all analysts think that 555 banks will fail in the next 24 months. Instead, some put the number at 200 and others at 1,400. The facts at the center of the analytic process change so fast that even the well-trained experts cannot keep up with and integrate the constantly changing information, in order to offer consistent...
...time the 2010 midterm elections roll around, you can probably expect to see the GOP running more from the center. Moreover, governors like Perry, who faces a strong challenge from Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison next year for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, may look discredited. Should the stimulus fail, however, Perry - who reportedly had considered rejecting Texas' allotment of the federal aid once it passes - may have a much easier path to re-election...