W A S H I N G T O N, Oct. 24 -- All this week — as we have focused on American health care — one pattern has stood out above all others. And that is the paradox of quality. On one level, we enjoy the ...

W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 25 -- During the Clinton administration, U.S. military planners had devised a plan for a ground invasion of Iraq. If the Bush administration had referred to it, a lot of the ...