Baltimore Sun

Time for Policy to End Gridlock on the Streets

The National Governors Association reported recently that the annual cost to society of traffic gridlock is $72 billion in wasted time and fuel as well as 4.3 billion hours stuck in traffic. And … more

J.H. Snider | Baltimore Sun | April 11, 2001

Misunderstanding Medicare Shifts Risks to Elderly

Like A monster in a B-grade horror film, the Medicare reform plan that was vetoed into oblivion by President Clinton in 1995 has managed to spring back to life in 1998-99, thanks to the efforts of Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) and nine of his colleagues on the 17-member Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare.

Although the Breaux proposal failed last month to get the… more

Jacob Hacker | Baltimore Sun | April 7, 1999