Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Menu Transparency for Nervous Nellies
Courtesy of the American Council on Science and Health, a list of all known carcinogens in typical Thanksgiving meal dishes. Bon Appétit.

2009/11/26
The Pilgrims, starving under socialism, discovered capitalism and prospered. “The Desolate Wilderness” (a description of what Nathaniel Morton and other Pilgrims saw in 1620) “And the Fair Land�

2009/11/25
Keith Hennessey finds penalty tax inequity:  In the year 2019 [under the Reid bill] about 16 million U.S. citizens would be uninsured and be forced to pay a penalty tax of almost $800 per year.  About 8 million illegal aliens would be uninsured and would owe no penalty tax.  Both groups would get their health care through a combination of out-of-pocket spending and use of uncompensated care in emergency rooms and free health clinics. This seems unfair.

Uninsurance and Child Mortality
John Goodman and colleagues have long pointed out that being “uninsured” is not a meaningful indicator of access to medical care in the U.S.  Uninsured Americans consume more primary care than “universally” insured Canadians. Patients in ERs are treated the same, whether they