The Houston Chronicle on Health Care Reform

There are times my hometown newspaper makes me proud…This is one of them. In an editorial yesterday they laid out the argument for health care reform and touched many of

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A WTF Moment…

Can someone explain the connection between Credit Card Reform and the right to bear arms in national parks? Now don’t get me wrong, I was raised to be a hunter,

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A Nation of Typhoid Marys – Nicholas Kristof

Think of the 47 million Americans who lack insurance. They are less likely to receive flu vaccines (which might or might not help), less likely to receive prompt care when

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Saturday Muses

I saw Patry’s post about the medicinal use of red wine in the treatment of influenza… Patry Francis Red wine may prevent swine flu, which is the absolute only reason

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These Old Bones…They Ain’t What They Once Were.

Leave to a youngish mind in a middleaged, out of shape body to discover the hard way (always the hard way) that he cannot still do everything he once did.

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The Small-Business Myth

Just recently, the small-business boogeyman came up in the debate over the estate tax — specifically, whether it is unfair to impose a tax on estates in excess of $7

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The Weather Has Me Under It…

I woke this morning to a still, clear, cold sunrise. There was a layer of frost on the freshly cut grass out back. The scratchy throat, runny eyes and stuffy

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