Disenfranchised

Inside the increasingly difficult business of running your own franchise—margins get tighter, and vendors assert even more control.

Published: Jul 31, 2014
Length: 6 minutes (1,667 words)

Did Warren Burger Create the Health Care Mess?

The 1975 antitrust decision that gave you physician-owned hospitals.

Source: Slate
Published: Jul 29, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,660 words)

Why No More 9/11s?

Amid the many uncertainties loosed by the al-Qaida attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, one forecast seemed beyond doubt: Islamist terrorists would strike the United States again—and soon. “Ninety days at the most,” said counterterrorism expert Juval Aviv. On Oct. 5, 2001, an unnamed senior intelligence official told Congress, in a private briefing, that there was a “100 percent” chance of another terrorist attack should the U.S. invade Afghanistan, as it did two days later. “An attack is predictable now whether we retaliate against Afghanistan or not,” reasoned House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., agreed: “You can just about bet on it.” #Sept11

Source: Slate
Published: Mar 5, 2009
Length: 44 minutes (11,062 words)