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Egypt's Mubarak, Israel, and Obama

While the Mubarak regime may be grossly repressive and anti-democratic, one thing you can say for Hosni and son is that they sing a quite reasonable tune about Israel and the peace process. Read more

The Detroit Blog

A Quick Look at the New Quicken

So I recently toured the new Quicken Loans headquarters in Detroit, complete with bustling employees, yakking mortgage bankers and scurrying lawyers. Read more

Health & Science

Wellness

Hope for BRCA Carriers in Ovary and Breast Removal

The surgical removal of ovaries or breasts significantly improves the longevity of women who are most at risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Read more

Ecocentric

Oil Sludge Blights Beaches of Party Mecca Goa

Black tar balls and oil sludge have surfaced this week on the famed beaches of Goa, the small Indian state so beloved by the day-glowed ravers of yesteryear Read more

Entertainment

Tuned In

The Discovery Gunman: TV as Enemy, and Weapon

James Lee's rants were unified by one familiar theme: the exaggerated belief in a media institution's ability to single-handedly create, and impose solutions upon, social problems. Read more

Business & Technology

It's Your Money

3 Unthinkable Things the Recession Has Caused

The global economic downturn has done what government policymakers, bosses and employers, the collective health care complex, and the consumer brain could not accomplish. Read more

The Curious Capitalist

Is India's Red Hot Economy Too Hot?

While most of the world is worried about the prospects of a double-dip recession, India is facing just the opposite problem — managing supercharged growth Read more

Techland

Apple Introduces New iPod, and More

Apple announced new products today, and like every blog remotely affiliated with technology, we must all pay close, close, close attention and excruciatingly analyze every last detail Read more

Photos

White House Photo Blog

President Barack Obama, top right, walks in the White House with the four leaders taking part in the Middle East peace talks: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, top center, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bottom right, Jordan's King Abdullah II, bottom left, and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.View more

Don't take the bait.

• - Posted by slowp on Swampland in response to Karen Tumulty's post "Health Care: The Industry Steps Up. Maybe"