Not even a public option here, despite from 2000 to 2007, profits at the 10 largest publicly-traded health insurance companies went up 428 percent. CEOs at these companies made an average of $11.9 million in 2007. In the past nine years, health insurance premiums have more than doubled—a rate three …
Does a ga zillion years make a difference? From the Independent: “But in March 1977, Polanski, then aged 44, made the fateful mistake that hangs on him to this day. He had been commissioned by Vogue Hommes to take a series of photographs of adolescent girls: he wanted to show …
I was 12 years old, returning to this country permanently, after years of an exile forced upon me due to my fathers career. I was blessed with new friends, when much to my disgruntled heart, I was forcefully taken on a 8 day hike in Glacier National Park. My father, …
It’s Old School Friday and the theme is Tribute. I don’t have a band, or an artist, I care about enough to pay tribute to. This might be due to the terrible week I’ve had, as usually I’m more than willing to pay tribute to art and indifference equally. Once …
Seriously damaged goods for this, the last full week of September, 2009. Tom Delay dances for his lawyer fees on Dancing With the Stars. That must have been painful to watch. Larkey/ABC Glenn something or other. And anyone who writes about them.
Criminal Record is the theme this old school friday. I’m not sure if it’s meant to be artists with criminal records, or a songs about crime. There are multiple choices on either side of that fence, but I’m not all that familiar with the arrest records of musicians. A lot …
