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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Virginia Postrel on Health Care Reform

(Veronique de Rugy, National Review Online) - This is a very interesting video. Reason TV's Ted Balaker interviews former Reason magazine editor-in-chief Virginia Postrel about the strengths and the shortcomings of the American health-care system. What's fascinating about this clip is that Postrel — a very serious free-market intellectual — has had first-hand experience of the system both as a kidney donor and a breast cancer survivor. She came out of these experiences convinced that the system was really messed up and in serious need of reform, and yet, strongly against a single-payer, one-size-fits-all system.

This is really worth watching.

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