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Hillary Clinton’s Medicare/Medicaid debacle taught the Right that stigmatizing pays political dividends. Try looking for any mention of single-payer health insurance in Kerry’s platform—it’s like hunting for WMD in Baghdad. Gore didn’t dare touch it in 2000. President Clinton himself dropped the subject after 1994, when his wife’s plan went down in flames. Ever since, the Right has cowed Democrats on the issue by labeling any single-payer proposal as “Hillarycare” or “socialized...
With becoming modesty toward man-kind as a whole, it may be said that this is its usual process. Revolutions are energized by some actual need, their "general principles" being invoked as an incitement and justification. Like Touch stone, homo sapiens is never aware of his own wit till he breaks his shins against it. Yet the time may come when even college Presidents will no longer think is needful to camouflage a reversal of principle as a more change of emphasis. New York Times...
...could be a world of three-dimensional, 360 insult," he discovers, "where no one had enough so they ruined what they had, and then came looking for yours." He learns to turn his hat around while patrolling dark stairwells--to minimize telltale reflections--and to expect a sergeant to touch a beat officer's shield after a winter patrol to make sure it's cold. He learns that the crackheads he keeps in line make more money panhandling than he does. He learns how to turn a criminal into a C.I.--a confidential informant--and how to break down...
Screens on everything from ATMs to TV remotes have got touchy. Rather than push real buttons, you touch onscreen icons. Such screens can present difficulties for the visually impaired, however, and can be a danger when mounted in cars. To address those problems, Alpine Electronics developed PulseTouch, a screen that vibrates under your finger, changing the sensation with low-voltage impulses under the screen's plastic skin as you move. The result is virtual topography. Since the sensations vary, depending on whether you're touching an icon or a blank area, you can finger through options without taking your eyes...
...Ambani boys appear to have absorbed their father's deft political touch too. Reliance triggered a row last year over its ability to enter the cell-phone market via a side door, without having to pay the high fees required of government-sanctioned operators. Despite the controversy, Reliance paid a $116 million penalty--which its critics said was a bargain--and continued to grab market share. Mukesh says he's determined to keep Reliance growing. His father demonstrated that Indian companies can be modern, vital and competitive. The sons have picked up the torch. "People will remember you after...