There’s a new Commonwealth Study that ranks the US pretty poorly. Nothing new there. Nothing new to some of ways that people defend the US.
It’s not possible for me to get all my thoughts in order in a few hours, while taking care of my kids. So, last night’s
When Stephen Brill’s piece on prices came out, I can admit I was frustrated. It makes me feel just a little bit better to know
There is it, in the lead of an editorial in the WSJ: Those Misleading World Health Rankings The numbers are distorted because, for instance, U.S.
I just can’t believe we’re still doing this: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) doesn’t like President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. It’s too expensive
A commenter looked at the chart showing that life expectancy at birth was decreasing in some areas of the country, and asked for life expectancy
Paul Krugman wrote a nice piece yesterday on life expectancy, specifically on how it hasn’t been going up like “everyone” says. It’s a zombie idea;
Tyler Cowen responds to my post about his NYT piece. Go read it to catch up. Let me start by saying that I’m going to
Few things in life are certain: death, taxes, and for parents of small children, sleeplessness. Parental sleep deprivation is a right of passage—passage from childless
