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The Good Short Life With A.L.S.
Living with Lou Gehrig’s disease is about life, when you know there’s not much left.Lovely. It does not apply here. She is healthy and looks to be on her way to her century. Short term memory is gone but she is still here.My cousin looks to be able to fill in until my sister can take over.I am very healthy for my age. Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best. -
Sheila Bair’s Exit Interview
The exclusive exit interview.The peak of the real estate bubble was in August 06.Regulatory capture by the financial industry.Deregulation was a really bad idea.My guess is the dollar is toast.That will take a long time if the Republican caucus does not bring it off in a few weeks. 08/03/11 is not that far away. -
The Author of ‘Fear of Flying’ Detects a Backlash Against Sex.
Modern lust focuses less on carnal pleasure than on control.I LOVE YOU. Sooner is better, as soon as you can is best. Yes sex is part of it. We will just have to figure it out.There is help to be had. -
The Unemployed Somehow Became Invisible
In past downturns, Americans demanded politicians’ attention. But this time, the nation’s jobless are mostly just enduring.The Economy is still sinking. Let it get better a bit. Revolutions usually come when recoveries turn bad. -
Can’t Eliminate an Invasive Species? Try Eating It.
While most invasive species are not popularly regarded as edible food, that is mostly a matter of marketing, experts say.The lion fish is well defended. Usually that means delicious. -
2011 Women's World Cup: U.S. Ousts Brazil on Penalty Kicks
A last-gasp goal on a header by Abby Wambach allowed the Americans to take their chances in a shootout, and they advanced to the semifinals against France.Why not? Now to beat them. -
A Bed and a Key at 81 Bowery
The tenement at 81 Bowery is about the cheapest place to stay in Manhattan. For $100 to $200 a month, you get a bed and a key, but not much else. Some 35 Chinese immigrants live in a fourth-floor loft that has been divided into blocks of cubi...Flop House. Cheapest is not the best. -
In Defense of Antidepressants
It’s all the rage to question their effectiveness. But critics don’t understand the research.I like Kramer's attitude. Try without. If progress is not visible, Try with.If progress is still not there, think more. Statistics are tricky but 16% positive is a rather small effect. We need to think harder about the tools. -
Vocational Schools Face Deep Cuts in Federal Funding
Federal funding is at risk for vocational and technical courses that may keep disengaged students in school.It comes down to the question of what school is for.There is real confusion on this. I have been among the confused.Is the object to learn a trade or to understand the world or to acquire the tools to create a trade or a business or new understanding of the world or the tools to maintain the world as it is. To fix peoples minds? To fix peoples bodies? To do both? To do the same for animals?We often set off to do the one thing and find we most do more. Why should choices made in ignorance limit what we can do? If learning never ends should school end? One of my problems with religion is it sets limits on learning. -
Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment
The medical establishment is seeing addiction more as a physical disease, and 10 medical schools have introduced residency programs in addiction medicine.
I know something of these problems.Not as much as many.I think the medical model is probably not right in the case of alcohol.The twelve step process would never work if the physical disease model was a good fit. There is a physical aspect to the problem. There is also a psychological aspect. There has been no pharmacological treatment.The psychological maintenance that is twelve step was worked out by people who felt they had to be sober to function. It works some. Enough to be the recovery rout of choice. There seems to be no royal road to recovery.Addiction Medicine looks like another attempt at such a royal road. Use the psychological approach until reports come in and are confirmed. Opium was a cure for alcohol. Cocaine was a cure for opium. Heroine was a cure for cocaine.Wait for the reports of others to be confirmed by the outside.
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Geithner Pushes for $4 Trillion Deal on Deficit
The Treasury secretary’s remarks came after House Speaker John A. Boehner said he was pulling back from efforts for a deal that would reduce the deficit by as much as $4 trillion over 10 years.This is all about taxing high incomes. -
No, We Can’t? Or Won’t?
Our failure to create jobs is a choice rationalized by an ever-shifting set of excuses.The object is to drop wages to the Chinese level. They may yet do it. -
A Bed and a Key at 81 Bowery
"The most important thing," said one tenant, "there’s a bed." SAM DOLNICKThe A.S.P.C.A. should investigate. I do not want to live this way.This kind of living has a name: Flop house.They are almost gone. -
Action! Romance! Social Justice!
Who said important books couldn’t be fun? Here’s the best beach reading ever.yes. -
Bringing Therapists to Patients, via the Web
Psychiatry through a video connection was pioneered several decades ago. Today, start-up companies are trying to popularize therapy over the Internet.
Paying for therapy has always been the problem.Things are as they are because of the difficulty in justifying the cost of the necessary attention. -
U.S. Is Deferring Millions in Pakistani Military Aid
The cancellation of hundreds of millions in aid is meant to chasten Pakistan for expelling American trainers and press its army to fight militants more effectively.
Pakistan will find this a benefit.
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Lead Gen Sites Pose Challenge to Google - the Haggler
Lead generation companies are crushing some local merchants in search results, presenting a real challenge for Google.Selling is the important thing.Buyers want service, the expensive thing sellers want to minimize.A possible solution is feedback from the buyer. A negative response leads to a reduction in position in the Google rankings and a positive response to a gain.They will have to be sorted for transaction. Money will have to change hands to generate a real response. "No transaction" responses are all negative. -
The Best School $75 Million Can Buy
Chris Whittle once tried to remake public education. Now, with a new for-profit school, he says he’ll do the same for private education. Should parents believe him?My problem with this experiment isthat it probably will not be definitive.If it fails he will try again.I can only hope he is not crazy and will try something different. -
Italy Becoming a Bigger Priority for Euro Zone
Top European officials were to meet Monday as fears grew that Italy could become the latest victim of the debt crisis.This mess continues to cook. Greece will default. Italy will collapse in the following panic along with the rest.Houses of cards can't be repaired.The model is a bank run. -
Despite Violence, Mexico Plants Hum at Border
American manufacturers in Mexico are expanding, a stark paradox during violent times there.
Corrupt police can be paid to be selective.
Leon Panetta is a reason we are in south Asia. Fire him from the government.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/obama-and-the-capital-flow-fallacy/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/hes-just-not-that-into-you/
I begin to hope that there is no debt limit deal.
Recovering from a default would cost us less and disconnect us from the train wreck in Europe.
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