this is an adventure

Betsy McCaughey on the White House’s health rationer: “Dr. Emanuel is part of a school of thought that redefines a physician’s duty, insisting that it includes working for the greater good of society instead of focusing only on a patient’s needs. Many physicians find that view dangerous, and most Americans are likely to agree.”

Lloyd Blankfein, 54-year-old chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, is profiled by Time: “the level of resentment and ire directed at Goldman — from Congress, from competitors, from the media, from the public — has never been higher. Blankfein, only the 11th leader of the 140-year-old firm, is having a tough time understanding why.”

Home sales increased 9.6 percent, “the most since February 2005, to a 433,000 annual pace…The gain in sales, together with rising purchases of existing homes and steadying prices, indicate the housing slump may be ending as Federal Reserve efforts to thaw credit and the Obama administration’s first-time homebuyer incentives lift demand.”

Ted Kennedy was unmatched in influence on American social policy in the US Senate for more than thirty years. His last significant act was almost certainly his decision to endorse Obama in 2008, bequeathing the blessing of American liberalism. We’ll leave his personal life for others to hash out, as it was almost entirely regrettable.