Another indictment of the American health care system. CNN picked up this story: U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says – May 9, 2006 This comes hard on the heels of the release last week of a study showing that Americans are clearly less healthy than their English counterparts. This […]

The New York Times is often accused of being a liberal paper. I think that is an unwarranted accusation given its under reporting of this Administration’s failures. Those of you who know me will recall that I think it too often comes across as being an establishment paper, one that thinks its mission is larger […]

Well now I’m back from my break, here’s a link for all you Steve Colbert fans who may have missed his speech at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner: Colbert Roasts President Bush – 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner – Google Video I missed it live, and only found out about it after reading the bemused […]