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Interesting article on healthcare from a retired surgeon in Wilmington, NC.
John Gary Maxwell: Health reform from my side of the surgery table
Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 9:10 a.m.Forty years as a surgeon in university and community hospitals gives some authenticity for the following reflections regarding the failings of our health care delivery. Partisan rhetoric has led to shouting matches rather than reasoned choices, while the most fundamental issue in health care reform has yet to be stated: should health care be continued as a profit-driven enterprise? If a problem well-stated is a problem half solved, a clear answer will allow for progress. Here are the some of the problems I have observed …
Read Rest of Article Here in the Wilmington Star News
Interesting article from Nobel Prize winner Thomas Friedman: Real Men Tax Gas
If you haven’t been tuning in to a legitimate news source, there is bigger news out there than the thing I keep seeing on the covers of the grocery store magazines [something about Jon and Kate and some kids]. The people of Iran are demonstrating in the streets in the largest numbers since the Islamic Revolution. This time they are standing for freedom and the right to free and fair elections, as opposed to this country where some of us riot when our team wins a basketball game.
It is an exciting and dangerous time over there and I wish the demonstrators success and safety.
For some good pics of this and many other news items that don’t deal with pseudo-celebs try the Boston Globe’s Big Picture
The compression takes away a lot and the lighting was tough (when isn’t it), but it was a paid gig and my first “celebrity". The Author and his family were quite nice and very accomodating.
Random House Christopher Paolini Holiday Greeting