If confirmation of this were needed, it has come with the release on April 30 of the first report of the Winograd Commission, excoriating the government's handling of last summer's Lebanon war. In his 1962 book, Capitalism and Freedom, the economist Milton Friedman advocated minimizing the role of government in a free market as a means of creating political and social freedom. For proof that Friedman's theory really works, one has only to look at the Israeli economy today. For example, Israeli technology powers most of the world's computers, due to the development of such fundamental processors as the Pentium 4. Israel is also a major world player in cellular phone development and medical imaging.
Or, closer to home: "Attention, drivers. You are trapped in gridlock hell. That's right, half an inch of snow has produced a traffic nightmare in Raleigh. But again, not to worry. It's just our little way of teaching you that you can't keep building sprawl forever. And here's a heads-up: We're going to screw around with your transit planning all year long. But it's for your own good. Come 2006, you'll finally have to decide, once and for all, whether you want a transit system or not. You do, don't you? Meanwhile, environmental activists put the issue of climate change on the state's agenda. Unless something's done very soon to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the Indy reports, serious scientists (like Dr. William Schlesinger, who's dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environme...
Both Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and President Bush fell back on the tired, evasive, noncommittal nonapology - "mistakes were made" - as evidence mounted that the White House and the Justice Department colluded in a two-year plot to purge federal prosecutors they judged to be disloyal to the Bush administration. Mr. Gonzales insisted that the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys was not politically motivated. He said he would focus on what went wrong and try to correct it. Lawmakers must ensure he does not simply try to correct what the president termed the "mishandling" of the dismissals, but should review why the attorneys were fired.
Democrats yesterday said Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign is off track and blamed television ads by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, President Bush's bounce from the Republican convention, and themselves. Mistakes were made," James Carville, Democratic strategist, said of the campaign's August operations.
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Gov. Jan Brewer has acknowledged that she made mistakes as she pursued a budget deal with the Legislature, although she didn't elaborate on exactly what they were Obviously I did something wrong. There were mistakes made in an effort to get them to understand the problem that Arizona was facing," Brewer told reporters on Oct. 19, following a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Tempe Chamber of Commerce.
AMERICAN health care may be incredibly costly. And, yes, it's inaccessible to many. But at least it's really good, right? Unfortunately, there's broad agreement among experts that it's not. That's not to say the country isn't full of excellent doctors, nurses and equipment, but rather that the average result for patients often falls short of reasonable expectations. But better and more transparent information about the system, such as that being collected by New Jersey's Patient Safety Initiative, will help improve the quality of health care.
DUBLIN - Queen Elizabeth II made a powerful statement Wednesday night expressing "deep sympathy" to all who had suffered as a result of the troubled relations between England and Ireland. She did not apologize for any British actions during the bitter conflicts between the two neighbors but said it is clear mistakes were made.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz provided the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week with a rare admission of error. His observations may not be revelatory, but they give Congress an opening to assume more responsibility for what happens next in the war. Mr. Wolfowitz conceded that the administration had miscalculated the extent and intensity of resistance in Iraq. "We had a plan that assumed we'd have basically more stable security conditions than we've encountered," he said.
We did not have the cohesiveness that was necessary" [John Sampson] said. "I don't think they understood the magnitude of them engaging in that coup. As a result, it created a situation that would not have existed. Mistakes were made, but the point is we've learned from those mistakes and we understand we need to be an organized conference, and by being organized, we have put ourselves in a position to hold the present majority accountable to what they say and do. "I believe Senator [Jeff Klein] chose to do this because he was more concerned about himself than all of the members of the conference," Sampson said. "I was very disappointed when he did this. This was a person that was my No. 2. If he has all of these issues and concerns, he could have addressed them to me." "It's not abou...
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