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June 8 - 14, 2011

Questions for Gov. Cuomo even more important to New Yorkers than those for Rep. Weiner?
June 8, 2011 — The "Weiner scandal" is the subject of more than 6,000 articles to be found on Google News, including page 1 coverage in the The Washington Post and The New York Times...
Foreclosure relief programs didn't have to be "just voluntary"
June 8, 2011 — As most recently reported in The New York Times, the Obama Administration’s foreclosure prevention effort “does include programs to help unemployed homeowners, but...
Broadband story shows how markets fail in the provision of public goods
May 31, 2011 — Your article about broadband is a very important one. Adam Smith himself said that goods that everybody needs, regardless of their ability to pay, will NEVER be provided...
The 'return of our old enemies in an untreatable form'
June 13, 2011 — Before the widespread use of antibiotics, infectious diseases were a major cause of illness and death. Thanks to the drugs, many of those diseases have been brought under...
Agriculture industry science denial?
June 8, 2011 — Remapping Debate has previously reported on attempts to “repeal” climate science; it appears that the U.S. agricultural industry’s widespread use of antibiotics...
Should universal care advocates bite their tongues on single-payer?
June 8, 2011 — It was not so long ago that a universal, single-payer health insurance program administered and financed by the federal government looked like a viable policy option. Barack...