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...frugality that has gripped Japan in recent months might be part of the problem. Analysts see it as symbolic of a deep-rooted pessimism held by the Japanese public, evidenced by abysmally low consumer confidence and the subsequent shuttering of thousands of small- and medium-sized businesses this year. Even if the recession Japan now faces ends up less bad than those in the U.S. and Europe - as some say it might be - the grim consumer outlook has the potential to put off a full recovery. (Vote for your Person of the Year...
...real mistake happens later, according to Edelman, when the initial trial fails and the physician doesn't rethink the diagnosis or run the proper tests - and instead addresses the problem by using different drugs. "We need to pay attention to what symptoms mean and patients' response to treatment. We cannot accept lack of responsiveness to medication. It could be a misdiagnosis," Edelman says...
Unfortunately, the primary obstacle to fixing our infrastructure is exactly the problem that anyone still reading is facing; infrastructure is profoundly, unequivocally, and utterly unexciting. There are no union-like picketers banding together to rally for the local toll road. There are no passionate highway rights activists waging sit-ins until freeways receive the new lanes they need to survive. There are no “Save the Bridges” campaigns, and no “I Stand with Route 84” bumper stickers. Despite the staggering number of people served by any individual road or bridge (except...
...there are other proposed solutions, like increased tolling, congestion pricing, encouraging reduction of demand, or a national infrastructure fund to be bankrolled by ending the Iraq War (the favored plan of Obama)—it has already proven to be a useful option in solving a giant problem that receives an absurdly low degree of attention commensurate with how many people are affected every day. Although both presidential nominees made reference to the infrastructure crisis in speeches, neither did so in a substantive and extensive way, instead resigning this issue to platitude-filled policy-bites. McCain did not even...
...Whatever the problem, most teachers and administrators agree the status quo isn't working and that change can't come too soon. Announcing her plan last month, Rhee said, "Students cannot wait for accountable teachers while adults argue...