Pediatrician Aaron Carroll summarizes recent research showing the Medicaid benefits for children end up saving the federal government money. How is that possible? Because children who had health insurance through Medicare grow up healthier and are less likely to be … Continue reading
The Big Short begins with an on-screen quotation: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Perhaps appropriately for a film largely about mistakes and fraud, it … Continue reading
Brian Keith Dalton makes a good point here about nominees to the Supreme Court: Link: https://youtu.be/Mvzf8nw9KQs In brief, last year GOP leaders in Congress refused for the first time in American history even to consider the president’s nominee to fill … Continue reading
Two videos from back in September have renewed relevance because U.S. policy is about to change soon based on irrational fear. First Stephen Colbert addresses the fear in 3.5 minutes, then John Oliver goes into a little more detail in … Continue reading
Rahat is still messing with people at the drive-thru. As some commenters have wondered, at this point how far does he have to go to find a fast food place where they don’t immediately recognize him? Not his best, but … Continue reading
Big Hero 6 (2014) I somehow missed all mention of this when it first came out. It’s a computer-animated Disney/Marvel film set in a parallel universe version of San Francisco that’s heavily influenced by Japanese culture, having been rebuilt by … Continue reading
The is easily one of the strangest, funniest, and most obscene superhero movies I’ve ever seen. It breaks the fourth wall so much you expect to see the title character stealing handfuls of your popcorn. He even comments on breaking … Continue reading
This is from September 9, four months ago (on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek), but it’s still entertaining, particularly the reenactment of a minor classic Trek cliché: Link: https://youtu.be/OAMKtLYs0jI Takei has led an interesting life, including time in an … Continue reading
In 2001 investigative reporters working for The Boston Globe uncovered evidence that the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston was moving priests around to conceal rather than adequately address their sexual abuse of minors, a problem the reporters themselves had trouble believing … Continue reading
A lot of politicians from multiple parties showed up on The Late Show with Steven Colbert during its first year on the air, and a lot of them tried to show they had a sense of humor. Some of them … Continue reading