We were having lunch at my favorite arts and crafts festival and my brother decided he didn't like what we were having and went off to find something else to eat. We settled in with our crab cake sandwiches and coleslaw and John returned15 minutes later with nothing more than... Read More »
Time will tell if President Obama managed to hit the "reset" button with his Wednesday evening speech to Congress on healthcare. But as long as the American public firmly divided into three camps - those who want free healthcare at any cost, those who want none of it and those... Read More »
Sarah Palin. Sonia Sotomayor. These two women have almost nothing in common except gender - and a little time in the public eye. But thereby hangs a tale. And a look at how opportunity is and was created in this country. Sonia Sotomayer's success is due in no small part... Read More »
In spite of this week's setback in the California courts, legal approval for same-sex marriage is building steam. The domino theory many right wingers and religious conservatives worried about when Massachusetts turned in favor of same sex marriage five years ago is becoming reality. Besides the Bay State, same-sex marriage... Read More »
Think of your body as a machine and adapt your energy input to your energy output. This is basic science, verified over 100s of years. But the current funky diet "theory" isn't even "theory" in the scientific sense - it's a guess based on hopeful correlations, if that. Matching caloric input to output always works and it's generally healthy if you're careful to eat a balanced diet. But it requires discipline. Read More »
Sloth is one of my favorite sins, and if I can indulge it while thinking I'm going to lose weight, sign me up. But what about the six other deadly sins? Read More »
Cash-strapped Italian consumers can now use text messages to tell them if the price is right. Euro-pinching shoppers thumb in product names -- from pasta to produce and parmesan cheese -- and a text message speeds back with the average retail price for North, Central and Southern Italy. Called "SMS... Read More »
Medicare clearly will take a hack at redressing the imbalance in payments as part of whatever reform happens in 2009. But unless the specialists and the hospitals that live in symbiosis with them are ready to significantly and voluntarily cut their incomes and reallocate that money to primary care, there will not be enough money for primary care to solve the current shortfall.
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Has Moqtada al-Sadr blinked? Or has Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki? Teasing out what's going on behind yesterday's cease-fire is like reading tea leaves in a hurricane. The pieces move very quickly.But it looks like this yet another negotiated settlement Read More »
On 18th February, a young British schoolgirl, named Scarlett Keeling, was found dead on a beach in Goa, a western Indian state extremely popular with foreigners, especially those on shoestring budgets looking for some sun and sand. Suddenly, Goa - the perfect holiday haven, that attracts millions of foreign tourists each year, a majority of them British - is not being talked about for its sandy beaches, great food, or for its quaint churches.
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A lot has been made about comedian's - white comedians - inability to make fun of Barack Obama. That's just silly. And a little dated because, of course, the best...
When Barack Obama's campaign rolls into town, the DeeJays get ready. Here's a sampling of some of what played at the Obama rally last week in San Francisco. What's Going...
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