Dan Schank of Ode Magazine linked first on March 21, 2010 at 2:18PM EDT
Dan said: "Over the course of the health-care reform discussion, we've gotten pretty good at talking about the insufficient benefits of reform. It doesn't cut costs as much as we'd like, and it doesn't cover all of the uninsured, and it doesn't have a public option, and so on. But one of the hardest things to convey is the terrible cost of inaction, which is much higher, both in human and economic terms, than many realize." Accordingly, Ezra Klein of The Washington Post turns to the Bureau of Labor Statistics to chart the money that might have been saved had the U.S. adopted the health care plans of Clinton, Carter or Nixon (yes, even Nixon had one).
Dan Schank of Ode Magazine linked first on March 21, 2010 at 2:08PM EDT
Dan said: Austin's annual South by Southwest festival isn't just for rock bands and filmmakers anymore. This year, a number of advocacy groups from around the country, including groups like Share Our Strength, Feeding America and OaklandLocal.com, are participating in the first annual CauseLab, which looks to create hunger-free communities.