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Health courts… The website of the magazine Legal Affairs features a quite entertaining debate between Phillip K. Howard, head of a group called Common Good, and Washington Monthly contributing editor Stephanie Mencimer, over an idea Howard’s group is pushing as the next wave of tort reform: health courts. Stephanie pretty much guts the poor man.
Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is a co-founder of the National Vote at Home Institute and co-author of two books, “The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You,” and “Elephant in the Room: Washington in the Bush Years.” He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications.
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