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The healthcare debate boiled down to 6 issues

Posted in health & fitness, news on August 26, 2009

I’d like to understand the healthcare reform debate better than I do but I don’t have the time or bandwidth to read and digest the hundreds of pages of our actual healthcare…

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Do Americans have a compassion deficiency?

Posted in health & fitness, news on August 19, 2009

Last week Gordon Marino wrote in the Christian Science Monitor that the real U.S. healthcare issue is a compassion deficiency:

The healthcare debate has revealed that Americans suffer from

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Free online courses

Posted in work & money on May 04, 2009

A friend just sent me this website that contains a master list of free online college courses offered by excellent universities across the U.S. like Yale, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, MIT, etc.

Free…

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Andrew Wyeth

Posted in books & entertainment, news on January 16, 2009

I just learned that Andrew Wyeth died today at 91.  His stark and melancholy pictures have always left an impression on me. When I heard the news this…

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Video calling

Posted in tech on January 02, 2009

I’ve heard that we can do video calls on a computer. Has anyone tried this? I would love to be able to see my grandchildren when we talk!

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my comments

Response to: VN Memoir Reading List

Comment posted on March 8, 2010 at 12:38 pm:
"I think the writers here would enjoy Nicholson Baker's nonfiction tribute to his literary idol, John Updike, U and I. Baker wrote it while Updike was still alive. It..." (read comment)

Response to: What is the silver slippers? I own a gym and need information

Comment posted on October 8, 2009 at 6:33 pm:
"Do you mean Silver Sneakers? www.SilverSneakers.com If so, it looks like a fitness program for older people...." (read comment)

Response to: Free online courses

Comment posted on June 4, 2009 at 7:11 pm:
"Thanks, Madlila! You may be interested in this too - the U.N. has just announced the first free online university: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30848 ..." (read comment)

Response to: Do you care if newspapers die? And they will!

Comment posted on April 2, 2009 at 3:11 pm:
"Newsweek just published an interesting perspective on the newspaper phenomenon--and I read it online... http://www.newsweek.com/id/191406..." (read comment)

Response to: Are there any ex-wives of wealthy men who have really gotten screwed over?

Comment posted on April 2, 2009 at 2:44 pm:
"I've never been in that situation but I'm sorry, it sounds terrible. May I ask how your ex continues to have such an impact on your life, so many years later?..." (read comment)