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Embrace looming deficit, our salvation
"It is precisely new programs - and the large deficit that they create - that are needed, both to get us out of the recession and to provide for people's needs." - A. MacEWAN |
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(Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press)The North Portico of the White House displays a symbol of AIDS awareness.Editorial
AIDS and the unknown
A key federal health agency has called for routine HIV testing. So why isn't it happening? (Boston Globe)
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The TB-HIV crisis
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death among people with HIV, and years of neglect have allowed it to become deadlier than ever. (By Lucy Chesire, Boston Globe)
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Editorials
A balm for hard times
In tough times, Globe Santa is more determined than ever to provide good cheer. (Boston Globe)
College president, teach thyself
News that Suffolk had the highest-paid university president in the nation isn't going over well -- especially amid conflicts of interest on the university board. (Boston Globe)
Columns
Ted Kennedy, the champion
Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts joins George Washington, Winston Churchill, and Nelson Mandela in receiving a rare honorary degree at a special Harvard convocation. And it's well-deserved. (By James Carroll, Boston Globe)
Changing the cost of healthcare
Currently, health insurers mostly pay for the quantity, not quality, of the care patients receive. This needs to change. (By Cleve Killingsworth, Boston Globe)
The poor are still with us
Just as President-elect Obama intends to use the economic crisis as an opportunity to deal with America's energy, infrastructure, and healthcare problems, he should take the same approach to the problem of poverty. (By Jim Gomes, Boston Globe)
Letters to the editor
- Embrace looming deficit, our salvation
- Where did I go right?
- The notorious b-i-g
- Tale of Lynn father's confession tough to take
- A love letter to print media (it came by e-mail)
- Mass. commuters from N.H. pay their share
- Tuned in to CSNY (and F)
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