Friday news roundup

Submitted by lucidity on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 9:32am.
  • How government lowers healthcare costs (Jacob Hacker in the Washington Post)

  • How to debunk a mischaracterization of what your candidate said (Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post, demonstrating that he can think rationally when defending Republicans)
  • Small currency outlets in Amsterdam refuse to take U.S. dollars (Reuters)
  • After a brief dip last week, Obama takes an 8-point lead over Clinton nationally (Gallup)