The only thing healthy about Congress' health insurance legislation is the healthy skepticism about it by most of the public, as revealed by polls. . . .
When millions of peaceful demonstrators took to the streets of big Iranian cities in June to protest what was widely assumed to be a stolen election, many in the West wondered whether the movement had the will and vision to sustain itself. . . .
As the debate over health care comes up against the crucial Christmas Eve vote in the Senate, Democrats who have supported President Obama's call for sweeping health care reform (I include myself) are still waiting to see if their party leaders in Congress can stave off the internal schisms that could derail the chances of fulfilling the president's commitment to bringing about "change we can believe in." . . .
Relative to initial expectations, and given that the heads of almost all leading nations attended, the recently concluded United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen was an embarrassing failure. . . .
