Better questions, wiser answers.(COMMENTARY)

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Byline: Clare Crawford-Mason, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Why is no national leader or candidate discussing or studying solutions for three of the country's most pressing problems: unsafe and wasteful hospitals, the failing auto industry and an inadequate K-12 school system? This is especially puzzling when there is an answer-unexpected - nearby.

A significant number of hospitals and schools are applying Toyota management principles - originally developed by an American - and cutting costs, reducing errors and deaths and turning out pleased patients or educated students. But there is little notice or discussion of these successes. American auto companies are exporting jobs and losing money. Toyota is building more factories in the United States and...