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Andrew Ferguson is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. Buffett, McClintock? Arnold's Choice (Bloomberg) -- ... the bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-candidate-turned-governor will face a momentous decision: Does the future of state government lie with Warren Buffett or Tom McClintock? Blunder ... For a real revolution in the systemic corruption of state government, Schwarzenegger will have to go further --even as far as his rival, State Senator Tom McClintock, the only other Republican candidate who draws double-digit support in the opinion polls. McClintock is an inept candidate, brittle and sanctimonious on the stump, with a mortician's grin. He is...

<p>Over the past year, an unlikely coalition of political opposites joined in a brave attempt to reform one of the great unassailables in American life: Big Philanthropy, that vast edifice of do-goodery gilded with names like Pew and Lilly, Ford and Rockefeller.</p>

<p>June 17 (Bloomberg) -- When I read an article last week called ``The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Drinking On Medical Problems and Costs,'' I thought it was the creepiest thing I'd read in a long time.</p> <p>Roland Sturm, senior economist at the RAND research group, published the study last year in the journal Health Affairs, and since then it's been making the rounds of the public health lobby.</p>