30Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 30
News
- Following up on Harry Reid's Senate health-care bill, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats unveil their $894 billion health-care bill. Here's the BBC's coverage.
- Jon Stewart takes on the White House vs. Fox News battle.
- A big change is coming to internet addresses: Internationalized Domain Names.
Health care
- Does Focus on the Family fund abortions?
- Looking to get health care done by Christmas.
- Tyler Cowen considers why other countries care more about health-care cost control than America.
Human trafficking
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21Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 21
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Or just follow the advice found thereupon.
News
- A nuclear fuel agreement is reached in Iran.
- Human Rights Watch says dozens of ethnic Uighurs have disappeared since being detained after riots in China.
- The really, really smart people at Apple release a brand new iMac, complete with the really, really pretty Magic Mouse (below). They really know how to make attractive products over there.
Health care
- According to CBO estimates, the House's desired bill--which includes a public option, hurray!--will cost $871 billion, and will cut the deficit.
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Miscellaneous
- Freakonomics authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt get climate change wrong.
- Marginal Revolution points out some successful government bureacracies.
- Illustrator Marc Johns' "If Paper Towels Could Talk." Hilarious.
- If you don't like reading about giant spiders, don't click on this link.