September 7, 2007

Friday Quick Hits

I don't have time to blog today - I'm way behind on my reading for my comps in October - so here are a few links to tide you over... [More]

September 10, 2007

I Know Ma Said To Take My Vitamins, But Wow...

One: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vitamin C can impede the growth of some types of tumors although not in the way some scientists had suspected, researchers reported on Monday. The new... [More]

September 17, 2007

Health Care Day

I thought about trying to comment on Hillary's health care plan, but after reading what Ezra has to say, I think its probably best to let him handle the duties.... [More]

September 19, 2007

Moral Hazards

Ezra: Moral hazard is a pretty simple idea: The less you bear the consequences of your actions, the more reckless you'll be. And it's often applied to health care: The... [More]

September 25, 2007

Quote of The Day II

Atrios: I just learned on NPR that "until recently" GM employees had health care benefits which were "extremely generous" because... get this... you could include your wife and children essentially... [More]

September 26, 2007

Meanwhile, Here At Home...

SCHIP reauthorization falls a few dozens votes short of the number needed to override Bush's promised veto. For the sake of some sort of bizarre ideological purity, Bush is going... [More]

September 27, 2007

The Myth of Moral Hazards

I noticed this in today's NYT article about the GM-UAW deal, too. Kevin Drum explains the NYT's nonsense here. I begin to answer his question over on the blog for... [More]