Daily Archives: January 23, 2014

The New School

C Span Book TV: The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education from Itself Video at above link. “If something can’t go on forever it won’t. Well what can’t go on forever? If you look at higher … Continue reading

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A retired doctor encounters the medical system: On Breaking One’s Neck

On Breaking One’s Neck by Arnold Relman | The New York Review of Books. What did this experience teach me about the current state of medical care in the US? Quite a lot, as it turns out. I always knew … Continue reading

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Peggy Noonan on upcoming SOTU

The Sleepiness of a Hollow Legend – WSJ.com. Because when I imagine Barack Obama’s State of the Union, I see a handsome, dignified man standing at the podium and behind him Joe Biden, sleeping. And next to him John Boehner, … Continue reading

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