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ATLANTA – Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.
White House fights back on Cash for Clunkers
The Obama administration on Thursday lashed out at a prominent critic of its Cash for Clunkers program, arguing that the popular trade-in initiative helped give the auto industry and the economy a much needed boost in the past few months. In a blog post on whitehouse.gov, the administration argued that a report on Clunkers by automotive Web site Edmunds.com "doesn't withstand even basic scrutiny" and is based on "implausible assumptions." On Wednesday, Edmunds.com released a study that argued Cash for Clunkers did not have a great impact on the auto industry.Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading."Life Settlements" Bundle Old People Instead of Mortgages
If the GOP really believes that merely counseling people about end of life planning equals death panels and pushing euthanasia, I can't wait to hear how they spin this After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may have found one. The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash — $400,000 for a $1 million policy, say, depending on the life expectancy of the insured person.Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration With Bush
'Statute of Limitations Has Expired' on Many Secrets, Former Vice President Says By Barton Gellman Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 13, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203306_pf.html In his first few months after leaving office, former vice president Richard B. Cheney threw himself into public combat against the "far left" agenda of the new commander in chief. More private reflections, as his memoir takes shape in slashing longhand on legal pads, have opened a second front against Cheney's White House partner of eight years, George W.About the Body - Part 6 (the Brain)
The Brain The brain has always attracted psychologists because its physiological activity governs most behaviors. Made up of billions of neurons, the human brain is more intricate than any computer. Most of the behaviors described earlier were controlled by the brain.Medicare for All Is a Killer
Medicare for All Is a Killer By Peter Ferrara America's Left/Liberals, and their spokesman Barack Obama, insist that everything about health care would be wonderful if only the government would take it over. Their preferred plan, embraced by Obama, is to throw Medicare open to everyone, and then over time force everyone into it. They say if you have employer-provided insurance, you can keep it.1 in 7 Freed Detainees Rejoins Fight, Report Finds
1 in 7 Freed Detainees Rejoins Fight, Report Finds By ELISABETH BUMILLER (NY Times) WASHINGTON — An unreleased Pentagon report concludes that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has returned to terrorism or militant activity, according to administration officials. The conclusion could strengthen the arguments of critics who have warned against the transfer or release of any more detainees as part of President Obama’s plan to shut down the prison by January. Past Pentagon reports on Guantánamo recidivism have been met with skepticism from civil liberties groups and criticized for their lack of detail.Kemp and Reagan What today's Republicans could learn from their relationship.
Kemp and Reagan What today's Republicans could learn from their relationship. by David Smick When people picture Jack Kemp, the Republican congressman, cabinet member, and presidential candidate who died last week, they think of Ronald Reagan's sidekick. They envision the two men--a football player and an actor--enjoying a warm, cozy, political partnership that guided 1980s economic policy.This is a blog post from someone testing Electric cars
At Witz' End: My night with range anxiety by Gary Witzenburg on Apr 1st 2009 at 12:02PM I left the dinner meeting around 9:00, with home roughly 60 miles away...no challenge for an engine-powered vehicle, even relatively low on fuel. You can always find an open station. Not so on this 1997 night.
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