Best health care choices hindered by government role
Health care rests on a simple patient doctor transaction with possible expansion to include healthy living advice. Government funding and third party payers may limit doctor patient freedom, pushing doctors toward HMOs and restricting access to specialists. A Clinton style system could curb advanced treatments and slow medical innovation.
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Elizabeth McCaughey
The
Manhattan Institute
New Republic
EPA backs farmers over environment in reformulated gasoline push
Stephen Chapman argues the Clinton EPA favors corn ethanol and methanol subsidies to aid agribusiness, noting the 1990 Clean Air Act goals and fiscal costs. He cites Archer Daniels Midland and political contributions while criticizing ethanol's environmental and energy claims as overstated.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Baltimore
Chicago
Houston
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
New York
Philadelphia
San Diego
Hartford
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
U.S
Tom Fem
Clinton
EPA
Treasury
Paul Miller
Environmental Defense Fund
Department of Energy
Sierra Club
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Stephen Chapman
The
Chicago Tribune
Power line safety bill zapped in NC House panel
Raleigh report on Senate Bill 987 proposing a 10 foot clearance near high voltage lines. The bill would require utilities to visit sites and shut off power, with civil fines for unnotified work inside the zone, but faced concerns over liability and contributory negligence. Lawmakers debated utilities liability and federal standards before a committee vote.
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Raleigh
Utility Review Commission
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
First Utility
North Carolina
House Committee
Mickey Michaux
D-Durham
Kaylor
Making a lousy lawyer
Jeff Greenfield reflects on the O J Simpson case and the duty of lawyers to defend even the guilty. He argues defending a known killer risks releasing a murderer, contrasts constitutional ensuring fair defense with moral truths, and notes public fascination with courtroom battles.
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O.J. Simpson
New York
Rible
Los Angeles
60 Minutes
Simpson
O.J
Witnesses opened to pay undermine credibility in TV age
San Francisco Examiner examines how rush to cash in on media cases taints testimony. Key witnesses like Jill Shively in the Brentwood knife case and others in Kennedy Smith and various trials show prosecutors face a dilemma. The article argues districts want limits on witness pay while balancing freedom for plea deals and ongoing crime coverage.
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Los Angeles
Jill Shively
Dr. Simpson
Brentwood
Edi
William Kennedy Smith
Smith
Kennedy
Shively
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Gove
John R. Graham
Patrick Holmes
Judy Zimmerman
Jerry Wicks
Vermont
Royster
Freedom Newspaper
Stephen Chapman Commentary
Shawn Lemmond
R-Mecklenburg
Paul O'Connor
Capitol Press Association
Jeff Greenfield
San Francisco Examiner
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