Hilarious

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Because, really, why would we want to give up this Swiss watch of a system?

'Socialized Medicine? Bring It On - Washington Post

Costs and Compassion - The New York Times

The Reality of Rationing - LA Times

Putting a happy face on ugly emotions

She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It - The New York Times

Washington has been neutered by wealth worship

The Can't-Do Blue Dogs - Washington Post

LATE ADDITION: An Incoherent Truth - The New York Times

A better solution? Better people

How to Upgrade Human Values - Salon

That's about right

Nice

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Sigh

Poll: Americans Want Health Care Bill, But Not the Cost - USA Today

This one merits one of those handy USA Today infographics:

Chutzpah? That's one word for it

"Malefactors of great wealth," indeed.

Chutzpah on Steroids - The New York Times

The Court's conservative activists

The Real Court Radicals - Washington Post

The radicals' guiding credo? Oh so coincidentally, it's the same as the conservative credo: "Money always gets its way."

Poverty is not a crime

A Homespun Safety Net - The New York Times

For the last time: lots of people can fail to "make it" EVEN WHEN THEY DO EVERYTHING "RIGHT." Sometimes Americans' chirpy economic optimism -- their unwillingness to let go of the fairy tale that everything will come up roses if you just work yourself to the bone for your employer (assuming you can find one) and you perpetually keep a big, uncritical smile on your face ("Stay positive!") -- is mentally disabling.

More Families Are Becoming Homeless - Washington Post

LATE ADDITION: Codifying our society's contempt for "failure": Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? - The New York Times

Sick(o): Radicalizing the truth

How the public's thinking is manipulated by a highly trained professional class. Remember this when you listen to anything shoveled out by official "spokespeople:" government flaks, industry spinners, or feckless media stenographers.

Are they crazy or are they evil? Either way, they're trying to kill us

Betraying the Planet - The New York Times