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The Hipster Health Care Revolution
Dr. Jay Parkinson might seem like your typical young Brooklynite--he's on Twitter, voted for Obama, dabbles in photography, and attends the SXSW music festival. But he's also heading up what might be a free-market solution to America's health care crisis--and folks far outside Williamsburg, the fabled hipster 'hood in which Parkinson practices, are taking note.
AFF Blogs
TNR’s symposium on Diane Ravitch’s book on schools
It’s a pretty interesting back and forth. Kevin Carey stops being polite and starts getting real: The problem is that your distaste for faddism and naiveté can be overwhelming–you see these sins. […]
Welfare reform for hipsters
When did Baltimore turn from a haven for drug dealers into a haven for hipsters on food stamps? The two friends weren’t tabulating the cash in their wallets but what remained of the monthly allotmen. […]
No, it’s not all the fault of teachers and their unions
I’d like to second something Rod says in response to this review of Diane Ravitch’s new book on the effects of No Child Left Behind: I don’t want to defend lousy schools and bad teachers, and wo. […]
Ah, there’s the real Rielle!
I’m glad I never wrote anything about how Rielle Hunter was being a stand-up gal by saying nothing during the recent Edwards debacle. Because, hey, look: She’s talking to GQ! And doing a photo sho. […]
Tom Hanks and “The Pacific”
The first episode of HBO’s sequel to Band of Brothers, The Pacific, premiered last night. It was pretty solid, though a little slow in the offing. If it’s half as good as Band of Brothers — a mi. […]
Old people are a menace and a threat to your safety
Remember all those runaway Toyotas with unstoppable accelerators? In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72,. […]
Green Zone mini-review
One wonders just how The Paul Greengrass Experience can be improved upon. For the last half-decade — from United 93 through The Bourne Ultimatum/Supremacy– Greengrass has developed a very specific. […]
Sigh. Remix Culture!
So, someone has created a remix of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” video using clips from Battlestar Galactica, the Sci-Fi Channel TV series. It’s here. Give it a view. It’s quite good. But, ul. […]
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Should I get a life?
Kevin Drum, on deem and pass: If you have a life, you don’t care about the subject of this post and have never heard of it. Damn it. I heard about “deem and pass” and I even sort of care about i. […]
Dem Whip: We don’t have the votes (right now)
Did someone forget to give Jim Clyburn (D-SC) his talking points? Rewind to Sunday morning: MR. [TOM] BROKAW: Joining us now, let’s turn to two men whose job it is to count the votes in their respec. […]
David Brooks, drama queen?
You wouldn’t expect it from such a moderate guy, but consider this, from Meet The Press: MR. [TOM] BROKAW: Let’s begin with you, if we can, David. There are lots of declarations that are being mad. […]
Rove’s revisionism on Iraq
Peter Feaver has a very interesting post up about the assertion in Karl Rove’s new book that “if the administration had known the true extent of Iraq’s WMD stockpile and programs it would not ha. […]
Ulysses S. Grant, new Founding Father?
Are liberals and conservatives coming together to add President Grant to our pantheon of heroes? This morning, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz argues in the Times, Although slandered since his death,. […]
Another Hugo Chavez terrorist link
From the Times: An indictment this month from one of Spain’s top judges assert[s] that Venezuelan intelligence officials were involved in training Basque separatists and Colombian guerrillas in Vene. […]
Sandra Bullock? Best actress? Seriously?
Sonny predicted she would win, calling it a “kind of lifetime achievement award”. Yet looking over Bullock’s filmography, I find it somewhat hard to identify the achievements. That said, Bull. […]
Another day in paradise
I mean that literally, unlike Phil Collins’ song about the plight of the homeless. I spent the past few days in Anse Marcel (photo above) on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The title of Collins. […]
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The Hipster Health Care Revolution
May 19, 2009
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