I came across a very interesting article urging me not to pay my medical bills today.
As health-care costs continue to soar, millions of confused consumers are paying medical bills they don’t actually owe. Typically this occurs when an insurance plan covers less than what a doctor, hospital, or lab service wants to be paid. The [...]
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I’m not paying my medical bills anymore
Friday, 29 August 2008
Bad headline department: AIDS in New York spreads 3 times faster
Thursday, 28 August 2008
In the most misleading headlines category, we have a story about AIDS in New York City.
For the same reason, however, the report said it was impossible to determine if there was an increase in HIV infection, but suggested that in New York the infection rate was three times higher than the national average.
The headline chosen [...]
Tennessee town’s troubled tramp tracker tells of tribulations
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Protect the children is getting to be a tired old mantra. People tend to get out of hand though. Voyeurs and exhibitionists are everywhere. As long as they aren’t forcing anyone to watch them, I have no problem with what they do.
Unfortunately, we live in a sensationalist society full of hypocrites and people who enjoy [...]
(Not) Giving up on education
Monday, 25 August 2008
The Wall Street Journal recently opined that For Most People, College is a Waste of Time. Actually, Charles Murray did the pontificating, under the Journal’s masthead. I digress.
Here’s a nutshell:
Outside a handful of majors — engineering and some of the sciences — a bachelor’s degree tells an employer nothing except that the applicant has a [...]
Nancy Pelosi evacuated due to lack of common sense
Monday, 25 August 2008
Government, by its very nature, engenders some pretty idiotic news stories. This is one of the dumbest I’ve read in years. Intent is no longer an issue in the giant plantation of subjects we called the United States of America. Nancy Pelosi, being one of the overseers, must be protected, even when no one is [...]











