On Brad Delong’s blog Richard Eskow Talks to David Cutler: David Cutler: I’d like to start with a general comment…. Two possible reasons why people don’t have health coverage are usually given. One is that the uninsured are gaming the system. The other is that they can’t afford it and don’t know where to get […]
On the way home today, listening to NPR’s coverage of Mitt Romney I was struck by a very weird turn of words. One of the commentators they interviewed mentioned that McCain’s status was "the greatest resurrection sinze Lazarus" Lets review the timeline of relevant events, as I recall them from my time at St. James:
I posted last week I was selling some of my old books. Patty found that I’d posted the wrong link to my storefront on Amazon so that’s now the correct link.
She’s willing to garnish people’s wages if they refuse to buy health insurance even though they can afford it. Hmm, i thought the government would coerce us into a socialized health care system by raising taxes to cover the cost. In a day dominated by familiar stump speeches, Hillary Clinton made news by saying she
I’m cleaning out some book shelves and looking to re-sell some old books, a smattering of fantasy and random hard-cover books I’d acquired. You can check out my listing on Amazon. I’m a bit of a bookphile, Patty can tell confirm this, I used to absolutely hate when she would highlight her books or dog-ear
I’ve been staying up pretty late again, working on my various websites and geeking out, usually past 1am. A lot of nights, I’ll listen to the stream from the DC NPR affiliate, WAMU. Unfortunately, at 1AM they broadcast the show Fair Game, which aspires to be a funny, Progressive take on the days events. What’s
According to InfoWorld, the next update of IE7 will be automatically downloaded and installed:Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7. Just thought you might want to know, in case you want to keep IE6 around. Companies that stuck with IE6 must take action, Microsoft said, or IE7 may be automatically downloaded and installed to
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Who really loves their cell phone provider? I moved from Sprint to T-mobile 3 years ago because you can use unlocked phones and they use a standard that’s recognized abroad. In practical terms, this means when we had to replace Staci’s phone, we simply moved the SIM card from her old phone to the new
I have to confess that delegating software installation to Debian and Ubuntu’s apt command is what finally converted me to Linux. I stillhave a bias against .rpms and building from source based on disastrous experiences hunting down obscure .rpms or figuring out why make would not work. If you’re trying out Ubuntu or another Linux