Way back on December 3, 1993, early in the Clinton Administration, conservative political strategist William Kristol distributed a memo urging the GOP to go all out to block health insurance reform because it would likely prove so popular as to … Continue reading
A Minnesota man has created a series of catwalks and hiding places for his four cats, and the result is impressively well designed and downright elegant, enhancing the look of the house. The catwalks run along the walls near the … Continue reading
Yesterday’s edition of Healthcare Triage looks at the Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” one year after its less-than-spectacular launch: Link: http://youtu.be/v-LzLGjNi18 The speaker is Aaron Carroll MD, a pediatrician who also blogs and vlogs about healthcare. You can read his … Continue reading
John Oliver and his associates at HBO’s Last Week Tonight have come up with a brilliant way to make coverage of the Supreme Court more watchable: Link: http://youtu.be/fJ9prhPV2PI The raw footage to let you make your own Supreme Court videos … Continue reading
Diana Zuckerman has an important blog post on the member’s website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As she points out, Congress has taken some action — and is considering more — to promote the development of … Continue reading
Shepard Smith on Fox News spends just a few minutes explaining why it makes no sense for people in the United States to panic over their tiny risk of contracting Ebola: Link: http://youtu.be/Z2KBfynW09I As Smith says in the clip above, … Continue reading
My single most popular entry on this blog was a review of the Jesse Stone series of TV movies starring Tom Selleck. I’ve had dozens of comments on it, almost all from people wanting to see more of them. By … Continue reading
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The XKCD web comic offers not just comic strips but often some quite interesting and informative graphics. Here’s yet another example: The associated title text (what you see if you hover your mouse pointer over the image) reads, “People often … Continue reading
A caution before you watch this: If you have some good reason not to get seriously angry right now — perhaps high blood pressure or you need to get to bed soon — don’t watch this, because it will very … Continue reading