Politics & Government
Newt Gingrich's Health Care Mission
His for-profit company advises clients such as IBM on how to grab some of the $19 billion earmarked for digitizing health care records (BusinessWeek)
The Dubious Promise of Digital Medicine
In a stimulus-fueled frenzy, GE, Google and others are piling into the business. But electronic health records have a checkered history. (BusinessWeek)
The Uber Lobbyists of Washington
From lobbying power couple Tony and Heather Podesta to icon Tommy Boggs, they’re the lobbyists likely to be a big influence in the new Washington. (BusinessWeek)
Fear and Loathing at the Airport
Why we can put a man on the moon but can't curb delays
Long lines, late flights, near collisions—everyone is unhappy with the state of the U.S. air travel system. Unfortunately, no one, especially not the FAA, seems able to do anything about it. (BusinessWeek)
How Bill Clinton Helped Boost CEO Pay
A law he championed backfired -- and pay packages have exploded
From the IRS to corporate boardrooms, the remedy has become the biggest inside joke in the long history of efforts to rein in executive pay. It has allowed companies to take deductions for executive pay tied to goals as vague as “individual achievement of personal commitments” and “improving “customer satisfaction.” BusinessWeek
Slipping Towards Oblivion
While the world focuses on war and politics, hundreds of endangered species slip toward oblivion – some slowly, some quickly – under an advancing human tide and restrained government agencies. (Media General/Tampa Tribune)
A Mystery Of War
A perplexing rehab for wartime’s many “walking wounded” (Tampa Tribune)
The Other War
Iraq overshadows dismantled environmental protection
Conservationists accuse the Bush administration of using the war on terrorism to divert public attention from the systematic dismantling of protections of the nation’s air, water and wild spaces. In some instances, they’re right. (Tampa Tribune/Media General)
Fortune Under the Desert
Mining company benefits from government bargain
Sagebrush everywhere: It doesn’t look like much. But big business profits from bargain-basement leases on such desert land. (Newhouse News Service)
Congresswoman Takes Care of 'My People'
Even Mary Rose Oakar’s enemies marveled that she never forgot the defining principle of 15 years in Congress: Take care of your people — and they will take care of you. (The Plain Dealer)
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