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Immigration looms as sticking point in health-care legislation

Source: Washington Post

Germantown :: MD :: USA | updated Sun Nov 15 23:24:18 -0800 2009 | health-news

That question of access to care for some immigrants, and who should pay for it, could well become one of the most contentious sticking points in the coming weeks as members of Congress sit down to reconcile the health-care bill...

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Taking Back the Rule of Law On the West Bank

Posted by: plitnickm

Germantown :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 21 16:03:40 -0800 2008 | political-news

The rule of law is not something that can simply be talked about, or even instituted, and then left to its own devices. In human history, there are far more examples of governments and powerful entities of all sorts circumventing,...

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The Banality of Occupation

Posted by: plitnickm

Germantown :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 21 16:03:35 -0800 2008 | allnews

On a warm day in early April, I was in a jeep cruising along the main highway running from north to south in the West Bank. This particular road is, for much of its length, open to travel for vehicles...

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From Jerusalem: Supporting Israel, Body and Soul

Posted by: plitnickm

Germantown :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 21 16:03:22 -0800 2008 | political-news

Israel needs more help from world Jewry than just ensuring it has enough guns to fight with. Sitting here in Jerusalem, it has never been so clear to me how badly Jews in the Diaspora have failed Israel. And the...

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