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Clean Living, My Foot!
Once upon a time the characteristic foot disorder of the well-to-do was gout, induced by an excess of rich foods. Lots of famous people have had it,…
Once upon a time the characteristic foot disorder of the well-to-do was gout, induced by an excess of rich foods. Lots of famous people have had it,…
Last year at Thanksgiving we bought a turkey from a local farm and it cost $58. I couldn't help noticing, around the same time, that our local…
From today's Wall Street Journal:In 1967, 50% of American men had been arrested. Since then, arrests made in connection with domestic violence and…
I've blogged in this space before about the many ways in which modern life promotes bigness--in business, government, finance, health care and so…
Recently my wife and I got iPhones. There's a lot to say about them, but most of it has been said, so I'll spare you. What I find most interesting…
From John Cassidy's forthcoming book, How Markets Fail: "In China between 1981 and 2005, according to a recent study by researchers at the World Bank…
This striking paragraph is from the excellent Calculatedrisk blog, which is filled with useful data and insight:. . .this is a reminder that new high…
Today I went to see a very capable podiatrist who really had no idea that he had ever seen me before. His office has only paper records, ships them…
A new Harvard study estimates that lack of health insurance kills about 45,000 Americans annually, which is 2.5 times as many as the previous best…
Ok, I exaggerate. It's a headline! Still, it's stunning to read that the headmaster of a fancy Massachusetts prep school is giving away the 20,000…
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