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Furthermore, while this amendment was politically imperative in the House, it could prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for Democrats and proponents of health insurance reform should the resurrection of the abortion question scuttle reform efforts in the Senate. Prior to Stupak, the controversy surrounding a potential public health insurance...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Pyrrhic Victory | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

This imperfect process lends itself to unnecessary politicization and the abuse of earmarks so rampant in Congress. One example of this includes the $10 billion allocated in the House bill for unions, a political earmark that has no place in a bill devoted to reforming our health care delivery system...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Pyrrhic Victory | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

The last time Harvard competed at Franklin Park in the Harvard-Yale race on Oct. 2, both the men’s and women’s teams emerged victorious. Chenoweth and Richardson led the way with their individual wins, and the women had their largest margin of victory since...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Runners Look To Get to Nationals | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Ever since it survived a 33-day onslaught by Israel in the summer of 2006, Hizballah has accused the American- and Saudi-backed ruling coalition of doing Israel's work by seeking to disarm the organization's armed wing. (The argument by its rivals is that no state can tolerate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beneath Lebanon's New Political Deal, a Fear of Violence | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

Having confessed to the killings as a prisoner at the end of World War II before escaping to Germany and dodging imprisonment in the decades that followed, Boere's prosecution marks a victory for those who are pressing for action against suspected Nazi criminals before they die. The trial, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Nazi Hitman, 88, Finally Stands Trial | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

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