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Friday, August 31, 2012

LABOR DAY by Joyce Maynard

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We've survived the Republican National Convention. Next week we will endure the Democratic National Convention. In between, we get Labor...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Saving Medicare the Republican way

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It's a promise: "A Romney-Ryan administration will protect and strengthen Medicare, for my mom’s generation, for my generation, a...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Four countries that already meet the Republican Platform's health-care goals

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Health care in the Netherlands, 17th century (Jan Steen: "The Doctor's Visit) Friday evening we were having supper with friend...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Mme Neff's Salon

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"La Lecture de Molière" by Jean-François de Troy  In the early 1600s certain French people, disgusted with the crudeness of He...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Money, sex, and reproduction in a chick lit fantasy world

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I'm not going to tell you the title of the book I just read, or the author's name. If I did, I'd be guilty of spoilers for what ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

A financial report from someone who has been on Mr Ryan's Medicare plan since 1999

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For details, check out "The Dog Maxed Out My Credit Card" from the November 2, 2011, Wall Street Journal.
Friday, August 10, 2012

A TOAST TO BARGAIN WINES by George M. Taber

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I like good wine. I don’t like spending money. A Toast to Bargain Wines had me at the title. George M. Taber likes good wine and knows quit...