The Beginning of a Brain Drain

Jay Leno once noted that President Bush believes that Iraq "can have a strong economy...can have a good health care plan, and...can have a free and fair voting." Of particular interest to me here is health care. Indeed, Article 30, Paragraph 1 of the Iraqi constitution states that:

the state guarantees to the individual and the family -- especially children and women -- social and health security

My question: how can we get that over here in the States?

Of course, there are countless social institutions in the U.S. that are far superior than the comparable institutions in Iraq. Education is an excellent example. In an earlier post, I noted that school-age children in Iraq are not attending classes and are instead working to support their families. The situation in higher education is just as dismal. Reporting for NPR, Anne Gerrels filed this story on the sad state of Iraqi universities.