Thursday opinionating, with style, class and panache. Sometimes.
Rosanne Leipzig: Doctors in medical school training should be required to learn geriatric care, just like they rotate through pediatrics.
James Pethokoukis: In a range of articles here, here and here, I point out where Obama went wrong on the economy.
Evidence is accumulating that the human brain systematically misjudges certain kinds of risks. In effect, evolution has programmed us to be alert for snakes and enemies with clubs, but we aren’t well prepared to respond to dangers that require forethought.
Like climate change. Like pandemics.
Jay Ambrose: Liberal tree-hugging save-the-earth Democrats are ruining the U.S. economy. Not that global warming is an issue for the next few years. Maybe the problem will go sway, so there. What was Kristof saying?
Hours before the House passed its cap-and-trade bill last week, freshman Democrats Tom Perriello and Frank Kratovil were pondering the political fallout of the votes they were about to cast in favor of a plan Republicans were denouncing as "cap-and-tax."
Before everyone finishes piling on Gov. Mark Sanford, let me say that all of us in New York were happy to learn that he has been scheduling his assignations in our state.
Really, times are tough, and we need all the business we can get. Although it is true that our hotels can be somewhat pricey, there are lots of discounts, and the airfare to New York is way, way cheaper than it is to Argentina.
Plus, you can see "South Pacific."
David Broder: Hmm.... maybe we're not post-racial, after all. Or maybe we are. Or something.
BBC:
The city and province of Buenos Aires have announced a health emergency to fight a swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 26 people in Argentina.
CNN:
CNN has learned that the Obama administration is planning to convene a "flu summit" next week to make preparations for the fall, as officials in Argentina declare a health emergency because 35 people have died in the Latin American nation from swine flu.
