Health care’s seismic passage leaves unanswered questions in its wake
"What is most clear from our recent legislative endeavors is this: The law of unintended consequences is nearly universal. In many cases questions persist about the effectiveness of large reforms for years after their enactment."
Categories: Columns Opinion Tags: congress health care reform Healthcare healthcare reform Obama
Lessons from the campaign trail
Two recent insider accounts of the 2008 Presidential race give a series of lessons for candidates, their staff, and voters.
Categories: Opinion
What we don’t know about education can hurt
Recent revelations make it clear: we don’t know much about what works in education.
On health care reform, proceed ‘wisely, and slow’
Unless someone is willing to make a case for the hard truths that could someday save the healthcare system Congress should either do the small and safe things that will ease the immediate pain without remaking the American economy, or they should do nothing.
Categories: Opinion Tags: Constitution Healthcare Lawrence Lessig Legislature
Ayn Rand and the limits of individualism
The Randian, individualist myth rests on a fundamental mistake. Markets without morality, individuals without community, liberty without order — none of these are enough.
