Mad As Hell Doctors Want the Breaks Applied

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Nothing but the best rhetoric will do. I see a President and Congress unwilling to risk political ire (or anger of those with vested interest in the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries), and do what the right thing for this country by getting rid of the free market health insurance …

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Complicated

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Offered by Bad Science, but applicable to all subject matter, this little fashion statement is perfect for, creationists, bloggers who think they are journalists, partisan pundits, activist students, and those who complain that this shirt is offered in the color white for men, but only in the dreaded pink for …

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Google Women, Strangely Irritating

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I was organizing my Google home pages. I have many categorized pages, from science and international development, to blogs and anthropology. I decided to add another “tab”, as they call it, for women’s issues”. I started the tab, and labeled it women. I inadvertently left their “I feel lucky” box …

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Losing, Girls, Links, Irony

I’m preoccupied this weekend. What follows is a piece from Harper’s, Readings/Articles, tagged Manifesto, titled Losing is For Losers. A subscription only piece. They are full of good stuff this month, subscribe to get the meat. Losing is for Losers From a March email by Michael Kinahan, coach of a …

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Let’s Cuddle Up On Old School Friday

It’s Old School Friday. The theme is Let’s Cuddle Up. I don’t imagine it’s a big surprise, but I am not predisposed to cuddling, or enamored by sitting or lying still, no matter who I might be with. In my quiet moments I prefer to read, not cuddle. After sex …

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For The Greater Good, Desperately Seeking Appeasement

Over the last week I’ve read various essays and blog posts on Ted Kennedy. I watched HBO’S, Teddy: In His Own Words. I’ve talked to friends, and family, many having grown up in New England during the time of “the incident only mentioned in passing”, and most (though not all …

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