media strainer

not much to say on this, just wanted to share: 
 

The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Stephen’s Remix Challenge

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD
Green Screen
Bill O’Reilly Interview

this week’s new yorker has an interesting look at the prospect of health care reform in the US.
revealing in his look at the historical roots of other industrialized nations (Great Britain, France and Switzerland), author and surgeon Atul Gawande shows that most health care systems result from circumstance rather than some inherent quality of decency [...]

 
 
so at the last minute i was given the day off work, allowing me the option to head into DC for the festivities. i chose not to, a decision which, to say the least, i have mixed feelings about, but that is what it is.
it’s hard not to feel good about America and about ourselves [...]

charlie rose has a great interview with rahm emanuel, obama’s chief of staff and chief of staff under Clinton, revealing some of the differences between Obama and Clinton, and just how confident and prescient Obama is in his dealigs with congress:

as usual, the economist magazine offered a healthy dose of perspective on the offensive on gaza, which apparently has just ended: 
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12853965
as someone admittedly pretty ignorant on the history of this conflict and of the region in general, i am hesistant to offer my two cents to an already bulging jar of coins.  from what i’ve [...]

the limits of power: the end of american exceptionalism, by andrew j. bacevich
description: a short (182 pages plus notes) treatise on the american military and u.s. foreign policy over the past decade but more broadly the post-WWII period, with particular focus on the consequences of americans’ consumptive habits and overextension abroad.
review: bacevich is a strong [...]