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$15 billion: The New Energy Target
Now Google is in. READ MORE >>
What Ford's Profits Tell Us About the Recovery
The most intriguing wrinkle in today's news that Ford booked a third-quarter profit was this from the Dow Jones story: READ MORE >>
Today at TNR (November 2, 2009)
Color Commentator: Rush Limbaugh’s Race Obsession, by Jonathan Chait 'Do Not Underestimate Him': Can Nick Ayers, a 27-Year-Old College Dropout, Lead the Republicans Back to Power? by Amanda Silverman READ MORE >>
Why American Health Care Is So Expensive
Ezra Klein, channeling Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson: READ MORE >>
Lieberman's Acting Just Like Howard Dean (Again)
Misrepresentations
Anthony Wright is executive director of Health Access California, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition. He blogs daily at the Health Access Weblog and is a regular contributor to the Treatment. READ MORE >>
‘He Hasn’t Lost Anything Yet’
Color Commentator
The saga of Rush Limbaugh and his failed attempt to acquire a piece of the St. Louis Rams may be the quintessential postmodern American racial incident. When word first leaked of Limbaugh's potential ownership, a couple of sportswriters, joined by a handful of cable news talking heads, repeated what turned out to be totally unsubstantiated quotes by Limbaugh praising slavery and James Earl Ray. (Documented outrageous Limbaugh-isms were available but generally ignored.) READ MORE >>
Product Roll-Out
WASHINGTON--The next health care fight has already started. It's the battle to define the bill that President Obama will eventually sign as a victory for consumers, taxpayers and the common good. You might say this view is premature. Legislation has yet to pass the House or the Senate, there are differences between the two bodies, and some moderates still have doubts. READ MORE >>