I've written a few posts about 9/11 over the years. My wife used to work for Aon, which lost over 170 people on 9/11, and she'd met at least one of them, a nice guy named Jim Berger. And a few years ago, I stumbled across the memoral for U.S. Navy Commander Dan F. Shanower in Naperville. Then last year, I wrote about my discomfort over the 9/11 memorial in Manhattan, and I … [Read more...] about A Few Thousand Other People Worth Remembering
Our Dumb Medical Billing System
Everybody knows at least one line from Shakespeare's Henry VI: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." But really, that line is hundreds of years old. Anybody writing today wouldn't put lawyers first on the list. Not while there are still people alive in medical billing departments. My God, this is a stupid business. My wife had surgery a few months ago, and I'm in … [Read more...] about Our Dumb Medical Billing System
R.I.P. Paul Krugman’s Brain
[Update: I am relieved to note that the Google+ page referenced below below does not actually belong to Paul Krugman. It is a fake. The author offers an explanation, "hope it will enlighten many..." blah, blah, blah, but it was kind of an annoying stunt. It's true that Krugman has said similar things in the past, but that's all the more reason not to make stuff up.] I first got … [Read more...] about R.I.P. Paul Krugman’s Brain
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
So, I got to meet these guys:Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie That's Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie from Reason magazine, and on Tuesday night they were at a book signing event sponsored by the Heartland Institute at Jaks Tap in Chicago to promote their new book The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America. (I reviewed part of … [Read more...] about Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
Declartion of Independents – Review of Part 1
Over at Nobody's Business, I've put up my review of part 1 of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. Update: And I got a mighty nice shout-out from Matt Welch at Hit & Run. … [Read more...] about Declartion of Independents – Review of Part 1