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...conservative opponents of health reform have found a new threat: home nurse visits to low-income parents. "We are setting up a situation where Obama will be invading parent's [sic] homes and taking away their children," one columnist warned on RightWingNews.com. That something as harmless as home nurse visits has become a target of conservative ire is surprising because of its longstanding popularity with both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. But health reform advocates are scratching their heads at the attacks for another reason: funding for home nurse visits was largely included in health reform legislation to accommodate social conservatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Home Nurse Visits Survive Health-Care Reform? | 8/15/2009 | See Source »

...others words, home nurse visits are exactly the kind of pro-family policy that social conservatives would embrace. And they have. The home visitation provision in health reform legislation was modeled on a bill authored by Republican Senator Kit Bond of Missouri. Bond went through a parenting education program in Missouri when his son was born three decades ago and has been a fan of the idea ever since. "Being a parent is hard work," he says, "and babies don't come with directions." (Read TIME's exclusive health-care interview with President Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Home Nurse Visits Survive Health-Care Reform? | 8/15/2009 | See Source »

Bachmann, Representative Michele • AmeriCorps, a program recently attacked by as "re-education camps for young people ... as a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this," is - ha! - joined by the son of • mere reporting of Harrison Bachmann's joining AmeriCorps is disingenuously attacked by as "a hit piece on one of my kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

...reunifications can be wrenching affairs in such a confused atmosphere, as people come to realize that choosing between family members means having to choose whether to be Georgian or South Ossetian - in some cases, children find themselves forced to decide between one parent or another. "We repeatedly and clearly explain that this decision is final - now and forever," says Tedeti. "If they change their mind, they cannot come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Ossetia, Families Remain Torn Apart | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...Jadhav. The company plans to increase the number of budget flights a day from 25 initially to 43 by October. Ticket fares will be down 25% making it attractive for fliers. The logic, says aviation minister Patel, "is to fill up seats and operate at lower costs." Unlike its parent, the profitable Air India Express operates as an independent company with lower overheads. Besides, with no business seats they will be able to pack in more people at a time when the passenger count for all airlines is down 30% since last year. (Read "Postcard: New Delhi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Airline Industry Goes From Boom to Bust | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

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