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September 2007



"ALIVE DAY" MEMORIES

Sunday, 30 September 2007 3:06 P GMT-07
The term "alive day" is being used by troops to refer to the day they came perilously close to dying, but somehow managed to survive.

"WE HAVE FAILED ON EVERY PROMISE"

Saturday, 29 September 2007 2:37 P GMT-07
A recent op-ed piece in the NY Times by 7 members of the 82nd Airborne Division notes that, "we have failed on every promise" in Iraq. These soldiers are nearing the end of a 15-month tour of duty. They tell it like it is in Iraq.

THE DEBATE NARROWS

Tuesday, 25 September 2007 4:24 P GMT-07
Which is better - and which can most likely be implemented - a single-payer national insurance plan, or a mixed plan combining for-profit health insurance with a "medicare for all" plan. The debate narrows.

WILL A "MIXIED" HEALTH PLAN WORK?

Monday, 24 September 2007 3:45 P GMT-07
Alternatives to a single-payer not-for-profit healthcare program include proposals for "mixed" plans that offer both private and public options. Would this option be easier to achieve?

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS

Saturday, 22 September 2007 2:24 P GMT-07
A lot of presidential candidates are talking about their plans for "universal" healthcare, but the devil is in the details, and most of the plans would not deliver on this objective as they would retain the reliance on the for-profit health insurance

CAN THE IRISH SAVE IRAQ?

Tuesday, 18 September 2007 5:17 P GMT-07
Diplomacy rather than military force finally brought a settlement of Nothern Ireland's sectarian strife. Now some of the same people involved there are trying to bring about a diplomatic solution to Iraq's horror.

REGIME CHANGE REDUX

Tuesday, 11 September 2007 12:24 P GMT-07
The U.S. has a long history of fomenting regime change. It is not an invention of the Bush administration, though in Iraq it may well have reached its nadir.

WHY CRAIG WILL RESIGN

Friday, 7 September 2007 1:34 P GMT-07
Sen. Craig will almost certainly resign very soon as it would give the Republicans the best chance of retaining his Senate seat in 2008.

REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ IS ONGOING

Tuesday, 4 September 2007 12:39 P GMT-07
Sunni Arabs once dominated Baghdad. Today they are being systematically killed or driven out of the city by Shite militias. Bush's regime change has become an ongoing process and is far from being completed.