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...state of the Republican Party is the best of many I have read. But he assigns insufficient blame to the figurehead of the party for eight years, Bush, whose faith-based leadership alienated many who believe in secular government. His obstinacy in the face of evolving public opinion in favor of stem-cell research, equality for same-sex couples and women's reproductive rights underscored his failure to feel the pulse of modern America. Most of all, his my-way-or-the-highway foreign policy made the U.S. a global pariah. Bill Gottdenker, Mountainside...
...that time abroad has instilled in Steves a decidedly European sensibility. He has spoken in favor of decriminalizing marijuana and has said Europeans probably have healthier attitudes than Americans do about sex. "I'm against legislated morality," he explains. Last month Steves published Travel as a Political Act, a slim volume of essays that, in addition to being a kind of World According to Rick, argues that more travel might help keep the U.S. out of trouble overseas. "If every American were required to travel abroad before voting," he writes, "the U.S. would fit more comfortably into this ever-smaller...
That's why the FDA is moving toward ditching these broadly defined categories in favor of a more narrative, evidence-based summary of what's known about an individual drug and its effect on pregnant and nursing women. "People are very uncomfortable with shades of gray," Feibus says, "and pregnancy is all gray." Of course, Second Wavers are hoping that won't always be the case...
Across the country, most surveys indicate that the majority of people remain opposed to legalizing gay marriage--57%, according to a recent Gallup poll. But as cultural battlefields go, opponents are on the losing side of demographics. Nearly 60% of those under 30 favor gay marriage, compared with fewer than 40% of older people. On other issues as well, attitudes have evolved in the direction of equality. Today more than two-thirds of Americans think that gays should be allowed to serve openly in the military and that their partners should have access to employee benefits like health care. Even...
...Taxing benefits has already run into opposition from unions that have given up wage gains in favor of health benefits in recent rounds of negotiations. There is also the inconvenient fact that Obama attacked John McCain in last year's election for proposing exactly such a tax on something workers believe they get for free. Still, Baucus says, "Not all those benefits should be tax-free. The bulk should be tax-free, but not all of them. That's part of the solution." (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...