A Tale of Two Africas
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 24th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
A Tale of Two Africas
McKay, Bariyo and Hinshaw, Wall Street Journal
In 2000, the deadly Ebola virus struck Uganda. And like the current outbreak in West Africa, now the largest in history, Uganda was completely unprepared.Combating it in a remote northern district under siege from a rebel insurgency, Ugandan health authorities failed to stem an initial outbreak. Frightened residents—many displaced by militants and living in congested camps—hid their ill relatives, infecting themselves as they wiped away the sweat and blood of the sick or as they prepared infectious bodies for burial. Patients fled hospitals, spreading the disease. Health-care…
Michael Brown Wasn’t an Angel. So What?
Toure Neblett, Washington Post
An information war is being waged in Ferguson, Mo., each salvo meant to shape public perceptions of Michael Brown and Darren Wilson.
Paul Ryan on How to Help the Poor
Christian Schneider, Milwaukee JS
On the day Paul Davis Ryan was born, the small town of Janesville was abuzz with activity. Mrs. Ellen Thieler of Milton was awarded $51 by her weekly TOPS weight loss group for having lost 51.5 pounds during the year. (She was granted a maroon cape, bouquet of roses and, of course, a three-tiered foam rubber cake.)The same day, a meeting of 25 men was held at a neighboring county’s sheriff’s department to deliberate setting up a Big Brother program. They noted that the year before, Janesville residents had donated $6,000 to start a program to help fatherless young men. (Participation was…
How’s “Obamacare” Working Out for the GOP?
E.J. Dionne, Wash Post
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act was supposed to be a slam dunk issue for the Republicans in this fall’s elections. Karl Rove told us so in April, writing that “Obamacare is and will remain a political problem for Democrats.”So how’s that Obamacare thing working out for the GOP?The most significant bit of election news over the last week was the decision of Sen. Mark Pryor, the embattled Arkansas Democrat, to run an ad touting his vote for the health care law as a positive for the people of his increasingly Republican state.Pryor’s ad is so soft and personal that it’s almost apolitical….
