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Interview With White House Budget Director Peter Orszag
CNN Transcripts - "ORSZAG: Well, I think what happened is the free-fall in the economy seems to have stopped and...

F*** Tim Russert
A popular liberal blogger, Ezra Klein, is catching grief for suggesting that Tim Russert be raped with acid-tipped spiky d*** in the a**.The response? "I regret that it was made public ...

Ezra Klein on Insurers
Ezra Klein has a great post today on why insurance companies pose a problem for the provision of health care in our country and ways to solve this problem. He writes, Lets start from a basic proposition: In the current...

The Problem of the Underinsured
Ezra Klein posts a review of the Commonwealth Fund's latest study on the number of underinsured in the United States. The Commonwealth Fund finds that nearly 14% of the American public do not have sufficient health insurance...

Ezra Klein on McCain's Health Plan and HSAs
Today, Ezra Klein provides some analysis of McCain's proposed health plan. He writes, . . . "I am convinced," said John McCain at Miami Children's Hospital, "that the wrong way to go is to turn over your lives to the...

Ezra Klein: New WaPo Blogger
Congratulations to Ezra for his new gig. On a related note, I disagree with Matt Yglesias' concern: I do have some concerns about this. After all, one thing all decent progressive blogs do is point out semi-regularly that the Washington Post opinion section is a pretty rotten operation...

State of Virginia
$11 million settlement reached in Virginia Tech massacre.

Delayed Diagnosis Results in $1.1M Settlement
Delayed Diagnosis Results in $1.1M Settlement>

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

Investor Fraud
Company president and director Gregory William Rivers to pay $10,000 shareholder fraud settlement.

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.

Man Awarded $600,000 for Curb Accident Which Caused a Fracture
Curb Accident Which Caused a Fracture Results in $600,000 Settlement