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...Roman Catholic priests near the U.S.-Mexico border are readying picture books to more easily explain the process to people who don't read well or at all. The mayor of New Orleans is telling members of the Hurricane Katrina diaspora to use their old addresses - though that one isn't kosher. "The Census," says Melanie Campbell of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, "is all about financial resources and power...
...isn't that going to happen occasionally or at least that I'm not going to be able to get what I want? I mean - Well - yes. I mean, here's what I've tried to say. Here's how I've described it, and this is the truth as I see it: There is nothing that - there is nothing that would make you healthier that health reform would prevent you from getting. What we are interested in doing is giving doctors and patients the ability to sort through what's effective and what's not, and not purchase things...
...versus the free market, et cetera, which is not at all what the real debate is about, but that's a lot of times how it gets shaded or framed in the press - all of which feeds the public spheres, even though they know that the system we have isn't working very well...
...still remember that day, which is surprising, isn't it? I don't know. I just do. I remember everything that happened. I remember the smell of the air, the temperature, I remember the conversation that Amy and I had on the porch. There was absolutely no indication in my mind, nor has there ever been in all these years, that she was there to try to kill me. I never got that vibe at all. (Read TIME's 1992 coverage of the Amy Fisher story...
...reforming the system. With that in mind, some lawmakers have proposed capping the amount of employer-sponsored health insurance that could be provided tax-free - leaving only workers with pricey, so-called Cadillac health plans worth north of $25,000 a year subject to new taxation. But even this isn't exactly guaranteed to have popular support...