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...because as long as the government wields extensive power to tax, spend, and regulate, interest groups will try to influence its actions. It’s not clear what proportion of campaign contributions are motivated by such rent-seeking (and therefore whether this is really a big problem), but unless we eviscerate the First Amendment or shrink the government, money is here to stay...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Filthy Lucre and Clean Elections | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

...whom do you go to for what? Unless you have a close friend or relative in medicine, you still need a good generalist - someone who knows you and knows the ropes. This is going to take effort and maybe some money; there are fewer of them and HMO fees are so low that many won't take on new patients except as a favor. This is especially true for the good ones who really spend time and develop a relationship with their patients. Internists vary tremendously. Some treat everything, some just do check-ups and referrals. If competent, the former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Special is Too Special? | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

General David Petraeus has repeatedly said, "A military solution to Iraq is not possible." Translation: This thing fails unless there is a political deal among the Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds. There is no such deal on the horizon, largely because of the President's aversion to talking to people he doesn't like. And while some Baghdad neighborhoods may be more peaceful--temporarily--as a result of the increased U.S. military presence, the story two years from now is likely to resemble the recent headlines from Tall 'Afar: dueling Sunni and Shi'ite massacres have destroyed order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Administration's Epic Collapse | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...gets brief assistance from a young widow (Kate Mara) before returning to his mission of evaporating a million bad guys. Girlish Jon Heder, one of the two skaters in the Will Ferrell hit Blades of Glory, does have a love interest (Jenna Fischer), but Ferrell doesn't--unless it's Heder. Indeed, the one big new movie fully populated with strong women is the "double feature" Grindhouse, from those epicures of raw meat, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Picture: Why Can't a Woman ... Be a Man? | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...Many might decide based on this knowledge that they might choose not to apply unless they are particularly strong academically,” he said...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Low-SAT Legacies Receive Lower GPAs | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

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