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...direction, this concession requires the Obama administration to oppose future cuts in drug costs. A Republican Congress forbade Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices with producers; predictably, costs remain high. Freeing Medicare to bargain with Big Pharma would save the government an estimated $90 billion annually. The Department of Veterans?? Affairs pays lower drug costs than Medicare because it is allowed to negotiate drug prices—it defies logic that one government agency can negotiate with the pharmaceutical industry while another cannot...
...break from this tradition of point-counterpoint; it is the closest SFA have ever come to genuine, unqualified happiness. The songs on this album revel in a joyous silliness that might seem cutesy in the hands of a less experienced band. But Super Furry Animals are grizzled veterans??this is their ninth studio album—and “Dark Days/Light Years” feels effortless, the work of a highly skilled group of musicians having fun with each other.The prevailing happiness does not preclude SFA from ambition or from surprising the listener; after all, sudden...
Every country has veterans of some military conflict to commemorate, and Veterans?? Day exists in a number of other forms around the world. Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom involves commemorations at military bases, memorials and churches by people wearing paper poppies on their lapels. In memory of the Armistice and end of the First World War, silence is observed for two minutes. It is then that thoughts turn to service and the meaning of sacrifice...
Moreover, while we may use Veterans?? Day to dutifully salute those who have been undergone the trials of war on such a day, the very reason it is demarcated as a federal holiday is due to the serious, complex nature of those trials. As we have seen in history, and as we can see now in contemporary examples of war, it brings horrors beyond belief. The real crux of the appreciation that we should show is that men and women serve their countries, not for war, but despite its grim realities. To merely observe this, and not utilize...
This year, the White House issued a statement to accompany the declaration of the date of Veterans?? Day: “From the fields and forests of war-torn Europe to the jungles of Southeast Asia, from the deserts of Iraq to the mountains of Afghanistan, brave patriots have protected our nation’s ideals, rescued millions from tyranny, and helped spread freedom around the globe.” This sentimental patriotism, while to some extent valuable, must be accompanied by an insightful, even-handed interrogation of our history...