Globally Rational

//Tim Russert, one of my favorite rational political inquisitors, died today at the age of 58. In his memory, I would like to devote today’s post only to his remembrance. I can’t say it any better than his colleagues at NBC, so I’ll just leave it up to them:
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//So far, the American healthcare industry has been unnecessarily slow in joining the Information Age.  Although the excuse is usually the fact that they want to ensure safety and confidentiality of patient data, anybody who has ever worked in the industry knows that it’s far easier to misplace a paper file (thousands of which can […]

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//I was browsing Fark.com today (as I often do) and noticed that they classified Pakistan’s recent increase in military spending in their “scary” category.  Personally, I don’t even see why that story was important enough to get noticed by Reuters, but apparently numbers scare people.
If you look at the actual story itself, you’ll see that […]

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//I saw a YouTube video today regarding the war in Iraq (created by a Ron Paul supporter):

The Jed Report correctly describes this video as potentially “brutal” and “devastating” to John McCain.  What I think is interesting is that, despite the fact that this information has all been in the public domain for months, it doesn’t […]

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//Plenty of us have heard that over 60% of Americans aged 18-24 couldn’t find Iraq on a map of the Middle East (yes, a map of the Middle East… not even a map of the world) in a 2006 survey (that’s three years after the start of the war). I just took a look […]

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//Hillary Clinton’s latest (of many) ridiculous comments really gives us an insight into her mind. People have said that they want to look past her slip-ups, but when we’re selecting a President, I think it’s very important to analyze these small comments to get a better picture of what the candidate will be like […]

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//It’s no secret that NATO countries seem to be above the law when it comes to UN resolutions and global initiatives.  But I think this is the first time that China and Russia have teamed up to complain.
Recently, Russia’s new President Dmitry Medvedev issued a joint statement with China’s Hu Jintao to speak out against […]

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//I recently read an article in the Washington Post called Republicans vote against moms; no word yet on puppies, kittens, which claims that that “a majority of House GOPs voted against motherhood.”
Well, first off, I don’t see how it’s possible to vote against motherhood. I seriously doubt that these Republicans voted against legislation that […]

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//Stephen Hadley, President Bush’s main security adviser (and the man in charge of planning his trip to China for the Olympics), apparently doesn’t know the difference between Nepal and Tibet.  I recently wrote an article about this on Rational Outrage, an excellent webzine that you should bookmark; click here to see it.
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//One of my favorite America social issues are the two big questions we make sure to file away from time to time. They are:
1 - Why did we elect Bush?
And
2 - Why did we re-elect Bush?
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