I recently wrote a comment on Outside The Beltway with eight observations on health care, specifically on the subjects of how doctors are made, why there are so few, and the relationship that has with cost-containment. I modified it a… Continue Reading
Since I still don’t know if I can ask the question here, I’ll just ask it here. It contains spoilers. I can’t remember how far in, but if you haven’t read about Theon Greyjoy’s return for the Iron Islands, don’t… Continue Reading
I have a business trip upcoming to Pittsburgh. Anyone here familiar with the city? I am hoping to get out and find some good place to eat. Even if it isn’t Philadelphia, does getting a Philly Cheesesteak there count for… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the State of Washington signed off on cigar rooms: The bill establishes a special license endorsement for up to 100 cigar rooms, which would each pay $17,500 for a state endorsement. Up to 500 tobacco shops would… Continue Reading
ED Kain comments on cop shows and politics over at his Forbes blog, singling out Law & Order: Take, for instance, Law & Order. Most viewers would describe the show as pretty liberal. It’s pro-gun-control, and the characters are, for… Continue Reading
Russell Saunders has a post up about the Medicare reimbursement cuts that we are going to see with the new deal coming out of congress. Russell quite correctly points out that changes to providers are going to mean changes to… Continue Reading
When the law collides with a love story. Continue Reading
I want to start off this post by saying that I find almost no common cause with the likes of Pamela Geller, Glenn Beck, or Terry Jones. I find their rhetoric to be somewhere in between distasteful and disgusting. And… Continue Reading
American Cop Magazine runs a story from a cop who supports the right to film police officers on duty: Should we ever expect to have a right to privacy when we’re in public? I don’t think so; cops are public… Continue Reading
Forbes’ Trevor Butterworth points to a story about David Allison, a biostatistician who appears to buck the consensus on soda and obesity and is paying a price for it. But according to Butterworth, he’s actually doing no such thing: Allison… Continue Reading