Health care reform goes the way of Elvis
Nine days ago we noted that on the same day the Sacramento Bee reported the prospects for a deal between the governor and the legislature on health care reform were dead, the San Francisco Chronicle said the deal “draws closer”. Today the Chron, nine days older and nine [...]

Is the I.V. bag half-full, or half-empty?
Today’s Sacramento Bee says the chance of a successful deal between the governor and the legislature on health care reform is nil. Health care reform is dead.
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle says the deal on health care “draws closer”. Health care reform lives.
Feel free to choose the story you [...]

Fed head sees bad-ish, but not bad, times ahead
In testimony this morning before Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted “a host of economic problems, including the severe housing slump, will cause business growth to slow noticeably in coming months”, according to an Associated Press summary. Who’d have guessed that beneath [...]