Are we pulling out of this recession? Economists are beginning to make comments to the effect of “the numbers we see indicate that things are improving”, but they do not show these numbers. These economists (and their interviewers) are content with merely reporting their interpretation. They are not interested in displaying the underlying reasons... »
Archive for July, 2009
Health Care: US vs World
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
As the Obama administration prepares to reform health care in the US, there’s relatively little news coverage comparing the US system to other similar countries around the world. If indeed the US were planning on going alone and creating new health care system unheard of anywhere else the cause for skepticism would be completely... »
Rush Limbaugh, Exercise and Health Care
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Recently Rush Limbaugh claimed that “exercise freaks” are running up the cost of health care. Audio and a transcript of his quote are below. I think those of you that regularly exercise — playing softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, mountain biking, running, rock climbing, skiing, skating, running — you’re the people getting injured. You’re the people... »

