Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Editor’s Note
Stephan: I have given over today's edition to reactions from other countries concerning the passage of our healthcare legislation. Although each publication deals with the same general subject, as you will see, each chooses to emphasize quite different things.
The France, English, and German publications, not having a dog in the fight take very insightful looks a various aspects of what has just happened, that do not get much attention here.
The Chinese paper, being prestige state controlled media, confines itself pretty much to a recitation of facts. It is the choice of facts, and what is left out that is interesting.
Just as we, as individuals, always see the world with ourselves as the star of the movie, so too do nations. It is always useful for both to consider other points of view.
-- Stephan