It's Friday ...

AND Paul Krugman is in articulate good form today: It's politics, stupid!

Addendum ...

YEP, health care delivered in livestock pens. As the former Cigna guy can tell you, that's the American way.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

GOOD Lordy me, we sure wouldn't want to do anything to keep anyone from profiteering on the backs of the sick and the elderly, would we? From an analysis by NYT economics writer David Leonhardt:

Real choice is not part of the bills moving through the Democratic-led Congress; even if the much-debated government-run insurance plan was created, it would not be available to most people who already have coverage. Republicans, meanwhile, have shown no interest in making insurance choice part of a compromise they could accept. Both parties are protecting the insurers.

Interesting questions ...

AT Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish blog.

Monday, August 24, 2009

REALLY, Joseph Epstein is correct: Writing doesn't require all that much true grit.

A famous corner in New York City's Greenwich Village, March 2009. Some writing has taken place in the Riviera.