Running to Stand Still April 22nd, 2020 @ 9:07 am PDT
In which I suspect I was infected
Health Insurance Fun September 6th, 2019 @ 8:45 am PDT
Healthcare in America Is Broken
An Existential Crisis January 8th, 2019 @ 6:49 am PST
A terrifying podcast on research, science, and disaster
Babies More Sensitive to Prenatal Environment Than Once Believed February 24th, 2015 @ 6:55 am PST
Babies Are More Sensitive to the Prenatal Environment Than Once Believed
On health insurance … February 12th, 2015 @ 11:50 am PST
The only people who don’t think the entire health insurance system in these United States is irreparably, tragically, insultingly broken are the incredibly healthy and the absurdly wealthy. Everyone else is screwed, and we know it. And yet nothing changes because the incredibly wealthy make the rules.
Four legs good, two legs better. February 5th, 2015 @ 7:18 am PST
What bothers me the most about the recent cyber-hack of the Anthem BlueCross system is not that a company that large and that profitable — one tasked with the care of the most personal data of millions of Americans — did not have adequate security in place to prevent such a thing from happening. That’s […]
Guns Do Not Stop Crime November 17th, 2014 @ 6:50 am PST
Stanford research shows right-to-carry gun laws are linked to an increase in violent crime.
What You Don’t Know About Obamacare Will Surprise You October 30th, 2014 @ 8:56 am PDT
Obamacare is really, really difficult to understand. So here is a really, really good explanation to help. If you are a person who is alive, you should read it. (And, no, it’s actually not biased! It’s just a straightforward explanation!)
Misdirection and Contraception: On Hobby Lobby July 2nd, 2014 @ 7:43 am PDT
Imagine yourself in a bar where a pickpocket takes money out of your wallet and with it buys you a glass of chardonnay. Although you would have preferred a pinot noir, you decide not to look that gift horse in the mouth and thank the stranger profusely for the kindness, assuming he paid for it. You might feel differently, of course, if you knew that you actually had paid for it yourself.
