No More White Coats?
The AMA may be regressive when it comes to health care reform, but it does sometimes display an impressive ability to change. Or maybe not. At its annual meeting, the AMA voted to recommend...
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Alms Enforcement
Buried on Page 31 of the [US Senate Finance Committee’s policy reform document] was a proposal to “Modify the Requirements for Tax-Exempt Hospitals,” which would require nonprofit hospitals to maintain minimal levels of charitable...
Real State of Israel’s Real Estate
Most settlers take out long-term mortgages on units in multistory apartment buildings. Detached, single-family homes are hard to find in the densely populated settlements. Low-price rentals are often available directly from the state, sometimes...
Mmmmmmm, Morphine
Kids Go Wild For Ayers Cherry Morphine Soothers!
Age of Miracles
The Processor Technology SOL-20 came into my life when Darlene went out. … I simply type on the keyboard and the words appear on the screen … It is faster to type this way...
My Definition Is This
Two men, one Christian and the other Muslim, commit murder just one day apart in the United States. Both appear to have been motivated by their religious beliefs. The Christian murderer is Scott Roeder...
Abortion Provider Murdered By Terrorist
A Kansas doctor who managed a late-term abortion clinic in Kansas was assassinated by a lone gunman while ushering at his local church. He had survived earlier bomb and multiple gunshot attempts. Abortion doctor...
To Carve Man
Updates have been completely absent for an age now. I was distracted by a pressing need to pass the final year of “book learning” in medical school, and right around the end of November...
Turkey Fluffers
Today’s domesticated turkeys are anatomically manipulated to be so heavy and large breasted … that they are now incapable of breeding naturally. Practically all of the turkeys raised commercially in the United States are...