Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Live review: X at the Wiltern
Live review: X at the Wiltern
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Onstage, X remains a dependable, soaring presence, nearly 30 years after the release of its 1980 debut, "Los Angeles." Virtually all of the night was devoted to the band's acclaimed first four albums, but a second encore represented a welcome shift in tone, as Doe picked up an acoustic guitar and stood alone with Cervenka to perform "See How We Are."
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Onstage, X remains a dependable, soaring presence, nearly 30 years after the release of its 1980 debut, "Los Angeles." Virtually all of the night was devoted to the band's acclaimed first four albums, but a second encore represented a welcome shift in tone, as Doe picked up an acoustic guitar and stood alone with Cervenka to perform "See How We Are."
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Passing health reform could be a nightmare for Obama
from Washington Post:
So Obama's plan amounts to this: partial coverage of the uninsured; modest improvements (possibly) in their health; sizable budgetary costs worsening a bleak outlook; significant, unpredictable changes in insurance markets; weak spending control. This is a bad bargain. Health benefits are overstated, long-term economic costs understated. The country would be the worse for this legislation's passage. What it's become is an exercise in political symbolism: Obama's self-indulgent crusade to seize the liberal holy grail of "universal coverage." What it's not is leadership.
So Obama's plan amounts to this: partial coverage of the uninsured; modest improvements (possibly) in their health; sizable budgetary costs worsening a bleak outlook; significant, unpredictable changes in insurance markets; weak spending control. This is a bad bargain. Health benefits are overstated, long-term economic costs understated. The country would be the worse for this legislation's passage. What it's become is an exercise in political symbolism: Obama's self-indulgent crusade to seize the liberal holy grail of "universal coverage." What it's not is leadership.
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