Archive for July, 2009
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Jump the Shark
Posted on July 24, 2009
Jump the Shark In modern parlance, the jump the shark moment is the time, decision or episode where a once dominant political figure, sports team or television series signaled it...
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Respect
Posted on July 23, 2009
“The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.” Henry Louis Gates Jr. Respect is a two-way street. What happened in Cambridge is regrettable,...
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Cost
Posted on July 23, 2009
Cost The dictionary definition of cost is “an outlay or expenditure of money, time, labor, trouble.” I am fascinated by the varied definitions of cost as...
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Who Does the Rationing?
Posted on July 22, 2009
Who Does the Rationing? David Hilzenrath of the Washington Post has an interesting article about the health insurance industry in today’s edition, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/21/AR2009072101677.html). The major point of the...
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President Enters The Matrix
Posted on July 21, 2009
(CNN) — As the president moves forward on his ambitious legislative agenda, it might seem as if he is entering “The Matrix,” a surreal world that only has the vaguest...
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