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Politicians aren't supposed to like journalists. We tend to be speed bumps in their otherwise smooth road to being thought of as flawless human beings. Most politicians, like Gore, deal with this by treating each article as a new transaction, a bloodless negotiation between professionals that leaves nothing personal behind. Bush, however, treats each story like a new credit or debit in his family ledger. It's all personal, especially since the 1988 presidential campaign, when Junior acted as the loyalty enforcer. The Bushes fed hot dogs and lemonade to the reporters at Kennebunkport, even took a special...
...fathers of Pop decided to bail out before drowning in red ink. Says Katzenberg: "Everyone in this space is blindfolded and trying to pin the tail on the donkey." The final ignominy came when indie start-ups iFilm and Atom Films negotiated to buy Pop, but no deal materialized. And so Pop was laid to rest, its tombstone a warning to all those in Tinseltown who would jump on the Internet without first understanding it. If Spielberg and Howard own the story rights to Pop's internal wranglings, however, they might yet have a winner...
Next, more states could begin programs like one in Oregon that offers all patients a form stating their preferences on resuscitation, tube feedings and so on. That state has also benefited from two referendum campaigns on assisted suicide, which taught voters a great deal about the current shortcomings of end-of-life care. Today only about a third of Oregon residents die in institutions, in contrast to the 75% national average. As a state, Oregon spends the lowest amount on inpatient care in the final six months of life...
Good news? Sure. Such plans are the best deal in town. You pack away pretax dollars that grow tax-deferred, and 90% of companies match some part of their employees' contributions to boot. You should sock away as much as you can this...
When there is no victory, however, the challenge is gone, and most lose interest. Worse yet, they have suffered one of their rare defeats, and they handle it badly. They were not chosen to be defeated, and they are not trained to deal with it. They have been trained for the certainty that theirs is a noble war against death...