A friend of mine posted this on Facebook: “Interesting statistic – in 1930 the average life expectancy in the US was 58 for men and 62 for women. That’s amazing! Now we feel at those ages we have a lot of living left to do!” That led to a conversation on Social Security and this …
Month: April 2018
This article from 2015 shows how the Canadian government sees its healthcare providers, not as a resource but as a drain on resources. I’d come up with a newer article, maybe something in 2017 or 2018, but the 2015 article has the best quote, which I’ve bolded below. First, some context: “Queen’s Park stopped talking …
A story that warms the cockles of my libertarian-leaning heart… My cousin came across this article highlighting a megachurch’s $10 million gift to people in its community with medical debt, but my focus isn’t on the megachurch (though the parishioners deserve a huge kudos). No, it is on the non-profit company that developed the idea, RIP …
I’ve been watching this whole “knife control” fiasco going on in Great Britain, and two thoughts come to mind. First, remember when “knife control” was just a slippery-slope fallacy that lived solely in the minds of extremist gun lovers? Good times, good times. Second, the upswing of knife violence in the UK is an excellent …
Just south of our house is a juniper forest, and do you know what the junipers are doing right now? Propagating like there’s no tomorrow. Pollen count is at the top end of the scale, and my husband’s worsening cold symptoms turned out to be a case of severe, acute allergies. He and I are …