There was so much written, said, and broadcast about John McCain in the week after his death August 25 that I decided to delay publishing this until today. It’s a short interview with his longtime aid and close friend Mark … Continue reading
The fine folks (and puppets) of the Glove and Boots YouTube channel propose that September 21, Bill Murray’s birthday, be made a national holiday: Link: https://youtu.be/fAW4snew9aw by … Continue reading
In centuries past there was considerable overlap between the professions of barber and surgeon, and recently there have been efforts to use barber shops, particularly in African-American communities, for medical outreach. Pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll talks … Continue reading
The middle decades of the 20th century were boom times for Americans. Partly this is because much of the rest of the industrialized world had been devastated by World War II, but actually recovering from that devastation meant that economic … Continue reading
Jon Stewart interrupts The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to offer to negotiate with Donald Trump to end mistreatment of children at the border. This is actually from June 28 so it’s a bit out of date, though less so … Continue reading
I’m not a full-on Bernie Sanders partisan, but I like him well enough and appreciate his willingness to speak frankly. I do wish he wouldn’t insist on calling himself a “democratic socialist” since he’s not a socialist in the normal … Continue reading
Back before the Affordable Care Act took effect, a lot of the health insurance horror stories I heard had to do with short-term health insurance policies. They were typically purchased by people who thought they were getting a really good … Continue reading
Filmmaker Brady Haran visits the archive of The Associated Press in London and finds old newsreels of driverless tractors from 1958 and driverless cars from 1972-73. Then there’s the creepy Billy the Beacon, a rather creepy robot for teaching British … Continue reading
As noted by, for example, a report last year from ProPublica and National Public Radio, the United States has by far the highest death rate in the developed world for women around the time of giving birth. It’s not even … Continue reading
My cell phone connects with my car via Bluetooth so I can make and receive phone calls in my car without taking my hands off the steering wheel. I rarely do it, though, because of what I’ve read about credible … Continue reading