I plan to write a massive critique of the medical profession, but for now I want to quickly criticize their interaction with patients. They treat patients as idiots unable to understand numbers, basic scientific research, and entities incapable of doing cost/benefit analysis. And while many people may suffer from one or more of these conditions, [...]
Tagged health, Healthcare, medicine, organsThe United Nations released its 2008 State of the World’s Cities report, which in past years has been an excellent source about demographic shifts around the world. Unfortunately, the United Nations decides to charge people a ridiculous amount ($44) for the report rather than making it available at an affordable (or even free) rate.
Based on [...]
This pretty much sums up how I feel about guitars:
Thanks goes to LP Cover Lover.
Tagged guitars, LP Cover Lover, MusicTV on the Radio is on tour, and correctly reminds citizens of Kansas City and Denver that they do, in fact, live in the United States.
Tagged geography, TV on the RadioJust when you though the Washington City Paper couldn’t get any worse, and particularly amusing in light of my Doonesbury post yesterday, the City Paper’s parent company goes and declares bankruptcy. For some of the basics, head to DC’s most-read-and-least-qualified blog, the DCist.
DC journalism is almost as bad as the city’s summers.
I know, and have known, a ton of journalists, and none of them realize the total calamity afflicting their industry. And even if they did, I know they wouldn’t have a clue as to what to do, either personally or to save their industry. And yet, they manage to laugh at the blindness of airline [...]
Tagged Doonesbury, journalismAm I the only one who feels like every single bag of tortilla chips s/he buys from Whole Foods is stale?
Tagged food, Whole FoodsFrom a USIP Special Report titled Securing the Future:
At a minimum, the security sector includes actors directly involved in protecting civilians and the state from violent harm (e.g., police and military forces and internal intelligence agencies), institutions that govern these actors (e.g., ministries of interior, defense, and justice; and national security councils), and oversight [...]