Jan had shamed me into finally having the colonoscopy that I had been delaying for several years, so I made an appointment with a gastro-indo-doctor that my family practitioner recommended. Dr. Jack Rotoberg (German for “Roto-Rooter”) was a nice enough guy to all appearances. Because of my history of acid-reflux, he recommended a “two-fer”,...
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After only seven months, the great state of Hawai’i has abandoned universal health care coverage for all the children. The reason is simple: liberals are ignorant of human nature. “People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free,” said Dr. Kenny...
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In my post about the Land of the Free, I mentioned that Americans enjoy more rights than other people. A case in point is the continuing argument over privacy concerns. Ars Technica reports that Congress is being urged to investigate ISPs who are tracking their customer’s surfing habits and handing over the information to...
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It should be unnecessary to say it, but adults should monitor children’s activities, not engage in them. The AP reports on a 49 year old woman indicted for initiating a hoax on MySpace that led to a 13 year old’s death. The alleged reason for the hoax? To find out if the girl was...
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Once again, we’re faced with the complexity of the tax code. For ordinary wage earners, it should not be this difficult. The withholding rules are screwy enough that we are once again getting a small refund from the Federal Income Tax and paying about the same amount to our California State Income Tax. What...
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