HANNA ROSIN:
"Why is crime rising in so many American cities? The answer implicates one of the most celebrated antipoverty programs of recent decades. . . . It’s difficult to contemplate solutions to this problem when so few politicians, civil servants, and academics seem willing to talk about it—or even to admit that it exists."
QUESTION:
Could a defibrillator have saved Tim Russert?
"NBC News has declined to comment on whether an automated external defibrillator, or A.E.D., was nearby at the time of Mr. Russert’s collapse or why a defibrillator wasn’t immediately used." Huh. Why keep mum?
And this is clearly right: "One of the many lessons from Mr. Russert’s death is that everybody should find out whether their building has a portable defibrillator and where it is located, and then learn how to use it." And public buildings should routinely be equipped with these. They're
not very expensive
.
More background
in this post,
including a report on a kid who was saved by an AED.
MICHAEL S. MALONE:
Now it’s AP’s turn to be a dumb media dinosaur.
"What makes this all the more tragic is that the Associated Press was in the best position to survive the collapse of the newspaper industry." I don't get the dis toward the Media Bloggers' Asociation, though. They've been around for a while, and I've been a member for years.
A LAW DEGREE IN
TWO YEARS:
"Northwestern University is today announcing a new choice for those applying to its law school: a degree in just two years. . . . Students would complete the same number of courses and credits in the two- and three-year programs, with accelerated students simply taking an extra course most semesters."
