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...well. Analysts say that even though countries like France, Germany and the U.S. emerged from the recession months ago, their economic performances since then have remained very weak and vulnerable to setbacks. The reason? These countries returned to growth the same way Britain did: through massive infusions of state money to spur business activity...
...innovations of the Guttmacher report is a state-by-state breakdown of pregnancy figures over the 17 years between 1988 and 2005. California, Hawaii and New Hampshire have been most successful in driving down their teen pregnancy rates, by 54%, 49% and 47%, respectively. But even at the other end of the scale, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota and Wyoming have all managed to lower their teen pregnancy rates...
...officials looking for insights into which sex-education models to copy, however, figuring out why some states have been more successful than others at reducing teen pregnancy will not be easy, especially when it comes to cases for and against the now largely discontinued abstinence-until-marriage education. According to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S., New Hampshire, which has had a big drop in its teen pregnancy rates since 1988, received almost no federal abstinence-education funding in 2006. But neither did Wyoming, a state that has not lowered its teen pregnancy rates much. Texas, Florida...
...special election that stunned the Democratic Party last Tuesday, the citizens of Massachusetts elected Republican state senator Scott Brown to the Senate. While much debate has centered around the countless campaign gaffes committed by defeated Democratic candidate Martha Coakley, now is no time for retrospective second-guessing. With a monumental—and increasingly controversial—health care bill at stake in Congress, leaders of both parties must look past the superficialities of last week’s race and focus on the policy issues that affect the lives of all Americans...
...Democrats scoff at critics. Republicans, they say, offer criticism but no solutions. What about Arizona Congressman John Shadegg’s proposal to allow people to buy insurance across state lines? Or Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan’s offer to tax employer-provided insurance and provide tax credits for individual coverage? Or Arizona Senator John McCain’s push for caps on exorbitant lawsuits against medical malpractice? Or former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s suggestion that states lift their mandates on insurers that force them to cover particular services—like in vitro fertilization...