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
In this video published August 31, pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll points out that according to independent estimates, the Medicare for All program proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders would reduce total U.S. healthcare spending, in part because … Continue reading
This summer has been extraordinarily hot and dry in much of Europe, including places where air conditioning is rare. It's been miserable for a lot of residents and tourists, but on the positive side, a side effect has been the … Continue reading
A brief horror video (of a sort) from the folks at Corridor Digital. Link: https://youtu.be/4VKB4lV6dFA by … Continue reading
In case you somehow haven't already seen this: Link: https://youtu.be/8EsUNOIYyKg by … Continue reading
Senator John McCain has died of the same illness that took the life of my youngest brother just short of two years ago. I disagreed with Senator McCain about a lot of things and like all of us he was … Continue reading
In the latest episode of his HBO show Real Time, Bill Maher suggests that in buddying up with Putin and Russia Trump missed a better option, the other, more successful formerly Communist dictatorship, China. It gets funnier as it goes … Continue reading