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...there's any perfect solution, because the essence of a free-market economy is that people are allowed to make mistakes. And some of these bubbles have a good side. The Internet bubble of the 1990s brought us Amazon and eBay. They're still with us. Stabilizing the economy isn't the final goal. Having a little bit of turmoil, as long as it doesn't get out of hand, is part of creative destruction. You have a history of highlighting parts of the economy that have gotten out of hand before other people are paying attention. What's next...
...focus on his past, Sessions isn't even the most conservative member of the committee. According to rankings by the American Conservative Union, Sessions comes in third in a group of seven with a 95 rating, behind Senators Tom Coburn (97.8) and John Kyl (96.96). When asked about Sessions' reputation for bomb-throwing, Hatch chuckled and said, "Well, so do I. So does everybody on the committee, on both sides. They're really good blockers, I tell ya. That's a tough committee. It's a partisan committee, as it should...
...begun spreading among people, it's likely too late to contain. "What we need to do is upstream surveillance in animals and wildlife," says William Karesh, vice president of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Global Health Program. "We've begun to do that with avian flu, but the funding isn't available for other species...
...Richard Besser isn't one for easing into a new job. Before becoming the acting director-general of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the trained pediatrician was the head of the CDC's emergency response office, a position he took in 2005, hours before Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, just a few months after being named the CDC's interim head - in lieu of a political appointment from President Barack Obama - Besser has been thrust into the role of the government's public health commander-in-chief, guiding the agency through what could be the first new influenza...
Besser: There isn't a fixed date - it's really a couple of months from now. We are going through the possible vaccine strain and the manufacturers are working to complete a seasonal flu vaccine. The strategy is to complete the seasonal vaccine and then, should we desire, switch production to the H1N1 vaccine...