Archive for February, 2010

The Elephant in the Room on Health Care

Posted at February 25, 2010

Today is Obama's health care summit, and there is an elephant in the room. To find it, start by identifying which of the following health care plans is or was sponsored by a Republican?     a) A 1996 plan to cover every American      b) A 1992 plan to cover 30 out of 35 million uninsured Americans     c) A [...]

Economics, Obama, Politics, Reform

Warfare at the PhD level

Posted at February 19, 2010

Failure is usually easy to spot since mistakes are costly, painful, or at least embarrassing. Success, on the other hand, is easy to overlook. Noticing what works is important in business and in wartime — especially if the war is not going well.  I wrote earlier about the success of the 101st Airborne in Mosul, [...]

Iraq, People