Hyde Park's Corner
Commentary on life, society, national & international issues, and spirituality.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Bacteria, Part of Us? Its Ubiquitous, Symbiotic & Competing Relationship With The Human Body
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This article--the proposition it offers, the images it creates--may not be what you were seeking or expecting today. In fact, you might fi...
Monday, September 10, 2012
Embracing the Implications of Increasing Latino Populations and Voters
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I did not grow up in a community that exposed me to many Latinos (or Latin-Americans, a term I would more likely have used). I was raised ...
Sunday, September 2, 2012
The Economist: So, Mitt, what do you really believe?
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The Economist-- that figurative fortress on the high ground of market economics, that most respected voice in defense of the free marketpla...
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Grand Visionary or Myopic Ideologue? Joe Klein on Paul Ryan; FOXNEWS.com on His Speech
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Does Paul Ryan offer a fresh, grand vision for America--or merely reflect the myopia and limitations of recycled Ayn Rand Objectivism? Let...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
How to Deliver Lower-Cost Health Care--With Better Results
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Fareed Zakaria, Time : When listening to the debate about American health care, I find that many of the most fervent critics of ...
Friday, August 24, 2012
Fareed Zakaria: A Case for Better Gun Regulation
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So when people throw up their hands and say we can't do anything about guns, tell them they're being un-American--and unin...
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Thomas Friedman: We Need a 'Conservative' Party
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Thomas Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist for the NYT, has often offered us more insightful thinking about global...
Saturday, August 18, 2012
West Coast Accreditor Raises Bar on For-Profits, Community Colleges, and Elite Universities Alike
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The scattered, uncoordinated, and uneven patch-work quilt that is higher education accreditation has outlived its usefulness. It no lon...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
For-Profit Hospital Chain Performs Unnecessary Cardiac Work
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From The New York Times : In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA , wr...
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