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Trail of E. Coli Shows Flaws in Inspection of Ground Beef The Health Care Monologues, about Anna Deveare Smith. After More Job Losses, Democrats Move [...]
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"Ailing Market jeweler struggles without health insurance", from the Seattle Times. "Going Dutch: Life after the public option" in the New Republic: "[O]ne tiny country [...]
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Victor Fuchs on the proposed "public option" for health care. A NYT op-ed on tipping in restaurants. Irving Kristol, Godfather of Modern Conservatism, Dies at [...]
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Maybe an interesting new movie called Earth Days. The Economist on Richard Dawkin's new book on evolution. Interesting example of the tragedy of the commons: [...]
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Climate change is so far out of the news that the NYT think the December conference is in Stockholm. (It's in Copenhagen.) Waxman-Markey bill would [...]
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Two NYT articles (#1, #2) on what's changed a year after the financial crisis hit. Their answer: Not much. (This is also the cover story [...]
Horses at Old Friends
A sweet NY Times article about Old Friends, a "retirement home" for thoroughbred horses. On my spring 2009 Heartland Tour I got to visit Old [...]
My redesigned website… and my 1/2-LTE in The Economist
Just in time for my Letter to the Editor that was half-published in The Economist (click "more" to see the full LTE), I've got a newly redesigned website, courtesy of Outward Focus Design. I hope you like it, and please email me if you find any problems! [more]