During the latest state of the union address, Barack Obama said that women make only 77 cents for every dollar men make. Find out what’s wrong with that statistic here.
Well, well, well: it seems that a former executive of CIGNA insurance has now come out in favor of national health insurance. He reveals that the rhetoric against the program (like “Death Panels”) was manufactured by the insurance companies, and has nothing to do with reality. See the Democracy Now interview with him, or the Slate article here. My article on national health insurance can be found here.
Just watched the documentary Manufacturing Consent about the linguist and activist Noam Chomsky. Excellent film. I’d love to see the references the movie uses, so that I can fact-check it. Still, it is a thought provoking film about one of the most fascinating individuals in academia.
The website Hitchen’s Corner wrote a post “The Sketchy Story of Jesus” including a link to my post: “Gospels: Anonymous or Not?“
