February 2010

I’m not sure what makes me sadder: guns being an issue at Ms. Dancer’s school or an escalation in racial tension there. This has never been characteristic of this school and it shouldn’t be now.

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It’s nearly 1 AM when your almost-16 year old daughter shows you the series of text messages flying around local airspace saying that some unnamed punk has threatened to bring a gun to school to settle some scores. What do you do? If you’re me, you take it damn seriously. So seriously, in fact, that [...]

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I’m certain by now everyone knows about the Anthem Blue Cross 39% rate increase, now postponed until May at the earliest. It got attention this time because of the ongoing debate over health care reform, but it’s hardly unusual. This was a 1989 headline: Health Insurers Planning Double-Digit Rate Hikes

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