Daily Roundup – July.21.2009
On Healthcare:
- Obama says healthcare “shouldn’t be political“.
- Rich Lowry discusses why exactly Obama’s playing the Urgent Politics of Now.
- Greg Mankiw points to opposition of left-leaning Bill Gale at Brookings and Clintonite Jeff Frankel of Harvard as proof that healthcare reform has swung too far left.
- Americans now trust Obama 54%-42%. That’s still 30 points higher than Tim Geithner’s numbers.
Econ/Politics:
- Shiller calls for innovation in the face of crisis.
- Pawlenty’s getting ready for 2012.
- On Moon Day, Volokh pointed back to Buzz Aldrin’s call for private property rights in space.
Everything Else:
- No one knows where Roy Halladay’s going to end up. My guess is Philadelphia, if he gets traded.
- Borders is trying to cash in on teen readers.
- Half-Blood Prince sells $160 million in 5 days worth of North American tickets. And it hasn’t even hit IMAX yet.
- You should read Janet Maslin’s hillarious review of Ben Mezrich’s latest pseudofiction.
- Harvard Econ prof is also semi-pro powerlifter.