While many have been left behind by Part D, there is a clear winner: the drug industry. Independent analysts predict that Part D will increase drug industry profits by $139 billion over the next eight years. Glaxo-SmithKline's second-quarter net income already jumped 14 percent, and other leading drug companies also have benefited.
Louise SlaughterAs a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.
Louise SlaughterCredit card companies pay college students generously to stand outside dining halls, dorms, and academic buildings and encourage their fellow students to apply for credit cards.
Louise SlaughterOur girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.
Louise Slaughter