Monday, August 25, 2008

Science, The Bubble Reputation And The Scary Fact That Only Good Will Is Going To Save Us by Anthony McCarthy

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A llegra Goodman’s op-ed in Monday’s Boston globe asks an odd question, “Why do we distrust scientists”. It’s a question I’ve been asked i...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Gladly Ripping Up My Ticket For The Wayback Machine by Anthony McCarthy

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I t was during NPR’s report from Prague, recounting the events of 1968, that my creeping suspicions came together. Someone might be hop...

Fifteen days of blogging for health care reform: Burden of debt

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Guest post by Skylanda. Not long ago, I was cruising along the highway at about 75 miles an hour (hey, it’s a rural state, that’s not even s...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

A Summer Night in 1958

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Dinah Washington: All of Me. Catch her fooling around with the vibes during the break. She looks like she knows what she’s doing to me.

Fifteen days of blogging for health care reform: Down on the pharm

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Guest post by Skylanda...and sorry folks, this is a long one! A virile sixty-ish male chucks a football through a tire swing, raises a coupl...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Bound and gagged (by Suzie)

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           From an interview with Jewel Staite, who plays Dr. Keller in the sci-fi TV show Stargate Atlantis:  So I understand that Dr. Ke...

Fifteen days of blogging for health care reform: End of the road

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Guest post by Skylanda. Several months ago, I was admitting a gentleman to the general medicine floor of the university hospital. Per proto...

When Men Not Only Let Their Hangups Show But Hang Them For Display Themselves by Anthony McCarthy

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W hat is this about, anyway? M aybe you already knew but I gladly acknowledge my spotty education had left me ignorant of “truck nuts” unti...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Fifteen days of blogging for health care reform: Health care reimbursement - a (hopefully) not too boring primer on a (usually) dry as dust topic

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Guest post by Skylanda. Ever wondered how your doctor gets paid? It’s not something that most patients put much thought into, beyond a curs...

There is No Right To Deceive The People. By Anthony McCarthy

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2. The media. W atching the string of horrible presidents from Reagan to Bush II, criminals in all three branches of the Federal and many s...