If health-care reform is to be a true progressive victory, there has to be room for future improvement.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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Ink-Stained Wretches Still Rule.
In last month’s print issue, I wrote about the status of the newspaper syndicated columnist. Although it’s something of a complex picture, one of the conclusions you come to after examining the issue is that words on a page still have a power to bestow prestige that pixels on a screen lack. And in this […]
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The Persecution Complex of Sarah Palin
We all define ourselves by our enemies — but it can be taken too far.
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Which Party Is Best Prepared to Save Us From the Robot Apocalypse?
Arthur C. Clarke famously said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But if science fiction has taught us anything, it’s that any sufficiently advanced technology will inevitably rise up to enslave us. So if you want to get ready for the day when your Roomba declares that maybe it’s time for you to […]
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The Mammogram Mess
Last week, new guidelines for breast cancer screening inspired a panic. Will we ever be able to discuss effective health care reasonably?
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Please, Enough With the Length of Bill.
A few months back, I wrote a column titled “The Ten Dumbest Arguments Against Health Care Reform.” But now I feel bad, because I missed the single dumbest argument, which those opposed to reform seem to have put at the center of their case against it. And here it is: The bill is really long! […]
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When Hope Meets Reality
Obama inspired the country with his campaign, and now he must manage expectations of those swept up by his rhetoric.
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Looking Back, Moving Forward
In the wake of this year’s election drama, the only advice Democrats should follow is to make good on their promises.
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Make It Work, People.
It’s easy to get caught up in the daily machinations behind health care reform – how many votes the vile Stupak amendment limiting reproductive rights was able to secure, what kind of payoffs will be necessary to buy the assent of conservative Democrats in the Senate, the latest threat from the festering ball of bitterness […]
