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States will agree to health reform, says Roxon Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:34PMFederal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she is confident the states will come on board with the Government's reform plan for the nation's hospitals.
Gold Money: Power to the People Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:12PMBefore I explain the title of this report, I want to prove to you that Americans are losing their liberties, day by relentless day.
Schools should be free to teach what they want Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:19AMChris Berg advocates flexibility over the national curriculum's one-size-fits-all futility.
Fake Former Presidents Use Comedy for a Cause Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:50AMThe kings of presidential comedy were reunited last weekend — with a little nudge from the Congressional Oversight Panel.
The 'green jobs' boondoggle Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:51PMA year ago, President Obama peered into our economic future and saw foam sealant and weatherstripping. Amid a punishing recession, Obama would wield that incomparable jobs-creating tool, the caulk gun. "If you allocate money to weatherize homes," Obama effused in Elkhart, Ind., "the homeowner gets the benefit of lower energy...
Thomas Sowell: Tearing down health care to fix it Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:03PMWith all the controversies, charges, countercharges and buzzwords swirling around the issue of medical care in the United States, there is a lot to be said for going back to square one and asking just what is the fundamental problem.
Monarch Academy's first 6 months go smoothly, but tests await Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:03PMOn their first day, Monarch Academy students were greeted at a school in an office park with walls like an empty canvas. Paul W. Gillespie - The Capital From left, first-grade students Yasmeena Jones, Andrew Mourog and Gabrielle Madarang walk past kindergarten students Diya Jackson and Celeste Bloom at the Monarch Academy in Glen Burnie.
Jim Selman: 12-Step Program For America: Step 2 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:41AMIf there is a 'higher power' that can save us, it is the 'people'... it is us. We are the higher power that could return our national process and our Constitutional Democracy to sanity.
We need the surgery, but please use a steady hand Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:44AMThe federal government should be congratulated for proposing a new health policy to take us into the 21st century. It is obvious our health system is not coping and without radical changes it will become of third world quality in the foreseeable future.
The right remedy? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:28AMAustralia's public hospitals certainly need help. But Kevin Rudd may not yet have the medicine required.
Local health concerns Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:45PMState's Health Minister questions PM's plan to create local hospital networks.
Lucas wants detail on health takeover Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:33PMQld Health Minister questions plan to create local hospital networks at a time when other responsibilities are shifting to the national sphere.
Rudd's move healthy - if it works Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:05PMAS the state's health system struggled to cope with ever expanding waiting lists something had to give - but is the Federal Government giving enough?
Hospital plan 'to cut bureaucrats' Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:57PMTHE Federal Government has denied its $30 billion takeover of hospitals will create more bureaucracy, saying it would mean more doctors and nurses - and less bureaucrats.
Hospital plan 'to cut bureaucrats' Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:54PMTHE Federal Government has denied its $30 billion takeover of hospitals will create more bureaucracy, saying it would mean more doctors and nurses.
GST revenues to go to health Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:17PMThe government plans to strip $50b of GST revenues from states and territories and invest it into health.
GST revenues to go to health Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:05PMThe federal government plans to strip $50 billion of GST revenues from the states and territories and invest them directly into Australia's health system.
Health reform to 'end blame game' Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:53PMPM gives ultimatum to states as he announces the biggest health care shake-up since Medicare.
$50bn national health revolution Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:49PMKEVIN Rudd will strip $50 billion of GST revenues from the states and invest them directly into Australia's health system.
Rudd unveils public hospital 'cure' Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:36PMKevin Rudd has stopped short of taking full financial responsibility for Australia's 750 public hospitals from the States but has promised to give doctors and nurses more say in how hospitals are run.
MFC net suit filed Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:02AMThe outcome of last week’s meeting of the Marine Fisheries Commission is all the more interesting now that the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center has filed a lawsuit against the MFC and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
Rudd to unveil hospital overhaul Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:04AMPrime Minister Kevin Rudd will unveil major changes to Australia's hospital system on Wednesday.
Rudd to unveil hospital overhaul Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:15AMPrime Minister Kevin Rudd will tomorrow unveil major changes to Australia's hospital system.
Isabel Guerrero: A Chilean's Thoughts on the Earthquake Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:34PMAlthough events are still unfolding and still things could go wrong, for now, each community stands gathered around their mayors and helped each other through the devastation.
Authorities Reform Law takes effect Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:39PMALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The public authorities that run New York's commuter trains, toll highways, bridges, tunnels, power plants and more are beginning a new era of openness after years of secrecy.
Focus on rising Chinese political star Bo Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:31PMChina's ruling elite gather this week for the year's biggest political event and the buzz is mainly about one especially savvy player, the son of a revolutionary who's reaped national acclaim by targeting gang leaders and corrupt police.
NY's 'shadow government' reform law takes effect Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:04PMALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The public authorities that run New York's commuter trains, toll highways, bridges, tunnels, power plants and more are beginning a new era of openness after years...
NY's 'shadow government' reform law takes effect Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:15PMAssociated Press - March 1, 2010 4:05 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The public authorities that run New York's commuter trains, toll highways, bridges, tunnels, power plants and more are beginning...
China Rallies Around Rising Political Star Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:30AMRegional Communist Party Boss Bo Xilai Celebrated for Anti-Gang, Anti-Corruption Crusades
Focus on rising Chinese political star Bo Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:34AMBEIJING - China's ruling elite gather this week for the year's biggest political event and the buzz...
Report: To Create Jobs, Streamline Tech. Transfer, Entrepreneurship Policy Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:43PM"Job creation in the U.S. will largely depend on start-up companies and entrepreneurs who populate university research parks, laboratories and incubators across the nation," says Brian Darmody of the University of Maryland. In a new report for the Association of University Research Parks, he recommends 10 simple steps to create jobs and new businesses.
Abbott slams Rudd summit ideas Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:31PMTONY Abbott has launched an opposition policy forum by attacking Kevin Rudd for undoing the workplace and financial reforms of the 1980s and 90s.
Health-care roundup: last-ditch effort Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:13PMPresident Barack Obama speaks during his opening remarks in a bipartisan meeting to discuss health-care reform legislation with congressional members at the Blair House. Obama hosted the televised meeting to discuss the health-care legislation before Congress.
The Olympic Sweatshop Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:34PMI don’t like human rights, environmental activists or the Olympic Games. You might call me crazy for this belief. After all, these three things are beneficial to mankind, and most of their participants don’t make a lot of money.
Avoiding Decisions No Way To Lead City Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:10PMIt is time to stop deciding not to decide. Avoiding controversial decisions is a time-honored approach to political success, not just here but around the country and the world. Can you say health care reform?
Jindal says $20 million to go toward south Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:09AMNikki Buskey Staff Writer GALLIANO — About $20 million in state surplus money will be used to bolster south Lafourche’s hurricane-protection system, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday.
Future Shock: A Better World Beyond the Imperium Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:38AMComments expanding upon a recent radio interview of the author by Scott Horton.
Letters to the Editor for Feb. 25 Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:34AM• Toughness won’t fix education problems • Fear the Fairness Doctrine • Help woman bring child into this world • Blame MMR vaccine for autism epidemic
Obama’s version of healthcare reform will not reduce Medicare fraud, says IPI expert Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:11AMAlthough Republicans will meet with President Obama tomorrow for a health care summit -- supposedly to negotiate a bipartisan agreement for health care reform -- Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) health care expert Dr. Merrill Matthews says the president's plan does nothing to appease the other side of the aisle
US Embassy Exhibition @ New London Architecture Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:41AM Resistance is futile. After hearing that architectural models of the Borg cube future US Embassy and the runner-up designs are on show at NLA, we simply had to pop by. Seeing the four options side-by-side, we have to admit that the winning KieranTimberlake cube is pretty powerful (although it's best side is perhaps not the one pictured). The view is reinforced when you inspect the high ...
FE Editorial: In need of overhaul Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 12:19PMThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has cleared what amounts to yet another bailout for Air India, a Rs 800-crore equity infusion this fiscal.
Canada is the home of the fearless entrepreneur Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 10:49AMWhile the United States is usually the country hailed for its can-do business spirit, Canada is proving to be the home of the fearless entrepreneur. Recession-weary Canadians have gone into business ...
Canada is the home of the fearless entrepreneur Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 8:10AMIn Canada 97.8% of all businesses have fewer than 50 workers, a reality that can’t be ignored.
Mike Thomas: Feds' water grab is coming, and we might deserve it Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 5:18AMThe great federal water grab is on. At stake is the right of states to turn their lakes and rivers into snot. Florida, which has been doing this for decades, has become the test case for what would be a major expansion of Washington's power as the feds plan a pollution crackdown.
You want the insulation guys to now run your hospital? Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 5:08AMAndrew Norton says polls show support for a federal takeover of hospitals, but the insulation disaster screams “no”:
Allah made them funny Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 12:11AMThe bearded man on stage does not want to blow you up. He just wants to make you laugh.
The need to stem the erosion of jobs Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 11:06PMJohn Rathgeber believes we're near the bottom of
Chris Niskanen: Harvey Nelson remembered for his waterfowl advocacy work Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 10:15PMCHRIS NISKANEN In his 18 years after retirement, Harvey Nelson, 85, never stopped working for waterfowl. The Bloomington conservationist had a
Feds' water grab is coming, and we might deserve it Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 8:42PMThe great federal water grab is on.
Unless you're a kid on a school bus, seat belts save lives Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 8:42PMThe wheels on the school bus go round and round. And the school bus companies and their lobbyists go yap-yap-yap at public hearings at the State Capitol . Whenever the subject of seat belts for children on school buses arises -- as it has 23 times in about as many years -- opponents claim the case is open-and-shut, open-and-shut: demanding seat belts for school kids cost too much.