The Things One Finds: Roman beads in ancient Japanese burial mound. Well, we all gotta go sometime: Ok, sure, we have more heart disease and cancer. We also have a whole lot less tuberculosis, flu, gastrointestinal infections, and diphtheria. Because the real purpose is to make Chertoff a nice chunk of change: Not a single terrorist has been arrested [...]
It seems that certain loonies have realized that the recently passed health insurance reform bill actually might benefit women. To wit, people — who happen to be women by the way — who manage to get coverage in the various state pools for those who can’t get traditional insurance due to pre-existing and/or chronic conditions [...]