Writing the good read
Perhaps if you want to make a point that you aren’t the evil weenies of healthcare and aren’t gouging your customers — especially the individual policy holders — then maybe you should think of somewhere to have your industry meeting other than the Ritz Carlton. Might I suggest a Holiday Inn near an airport? Just…
Thank you for your bravery today. I’ve never been so proud to be an American. Britain and Israel have both had gays serving opening in their military forces for well over a decade. I don’t think anyone would call those forces weak or their national security any less than ours. Indeed, you could argue that…
There are days when a bowl of chili or a steaming plate of spaghetti sounds nice, but the chopping involved doesn’t. Here’s a secret: the start of both a nice red sauce and a good bowl of chili are remarkably similar. You can do a whole bunch of chopping on a single day and cook…
Shut up please. You are an embarrassment to anyone who considers him or herself a person of faith. Lisa
Tell us something we didn’t know already. Lisa
As you start your historic — and no doubt childish and hysteria filled — discussions about healthcare reform in conference committee, I’d like to share a story about my insurance company with you. As you read this please keep in mind that I have great insurance. I get better care, more care, with fewer hurdles…
I was first diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis seven years ago. Since then, I’ve been on a string of medications to bring it under control, each one newer and more expensive than the last, each with its own list of scary potential side effects. We joke about it at home: “Honey, can you get me my…
I know that baseball is over for the year (*sob*). Until the winter manager meetings, I won’t even bother to read the sports section. For now, my baseball reading will be limited to perusing my cousin Jay’s postings at Futility Infielder and his work at the Baseball Prospectus (note of warning: he’s a Dodgers fan;…
My questions are multitude and I don’t know where to begin. 1. If you can use a laptop safely in a cockpit to surf the web — and I’m assuming if they were checking their schedules, they were online — then why can’t we use our cell phones? 2. Why isn’t there a method for…
Here’s a quote from the Washington Post:on October 24 “…new polls, one from The Washington Post and ABC News and the other from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, found clear majority support (57 percent) for a public option. The Post-ABC News poll showed support had risen five percentage points since August.” Other polls over…