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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.
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Assassinations, moral calculus, and “feelings”
Over at the League, Scott H. Payne published an email conversation between he and Mike at The Big Stick over the targeted assassination of a Hamas leader by (probably) the Mossad. The most telling com. […]
Q: Which Barbie doll should cost more?
A: Whichever one is in higher demand. B. Whichever one costs more to produce. C. They should all cost the same, especially if they’re all of different races. I think that most economists would answe. […]
Same as it ever was…
Hollywood redundancies will keep the film rudimentary and lacking in social, philosophic and aesthetic meaning. A new mind is needed to work upon the rudiments and extend them. Hollywood will not supp. […]
Liberal Fascism! Dig it!
Sean Penn, on journalists who describe Hugo Chavez as a “dictator“: Because every day, this elected leader [Hugo Chavez] is called a dictator here, and we just accept it. And we just accept it. An. […]
Like something out of “The Wire”
Via Will at the League, I see this great, rousing story about a neighborhood in Detroit trying to defend itself from criminals: Some hire middle-school kids as drug couriers, training them for a life. […]
Sigh. This has nothing to do with the First Amendment
It appears as if Armond White — the New York Press iconoclast who Roger Ebert once defended then referred to as a troll after being exposed to his work — has found himself in a spot of trouble ove. […]
“Fundamental” “Rights”
One of the reasons I always look askance when someone describes a policy position in terms of fundamental rights is this ridiculous story and others like it: The poll, which collated the answers from. […]
Mo’Nique and “politics”
There seems to be some confusion over what Mo’Nique meant last night in her acceptance speech for best supporting actress. During the speech, she said something about the work being celebrated over. […]
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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. […]
Filibuster flip-flops
Democrats are indignant about the very idea of the filibuster. Republicans have turned the accusation around. Remember who filibustered ten of the judges President Bush wanted to appoint to the federa. […]
America the stupid
Matt Continetti made a very good point in last week’s Standard. On the one hand, the unpopularity of Obamacare has led quite a few liberal writers to argue that the real problem with our system of g. […]
Scott Brown broke Washington
As recently as January 18, the day before Scott Brown’s election, there was no firm consensus that Washington was broken. Now it is a staple of high-minded conversation. Imagine for a moment, tha. […]
Mitch McConnell vs. Western Europe
I find it really annoying when Republicans — and especially the GOP leader in the Senate — say things like this: I think [the Democrats] — on the — on some of the big issues they’ve tried to. […]
Let’s all make fun of Tom Friedman!
But count me out. Hasn’t it become a little too easy? Is it really satisfying anymore? After several paragraphs of mocking “the Magic 8 Ball of cliche generation”, Jonah Goldberg [subscription r. […]
Pelosi: Rangel not a terrorist!
It’s hard for a Republican not to enjoy this. Even back in 2006, it was humorous to watch Nancy Pelosi campaign as the woman who would clean up Congress. But watching her defend Charlie Rangel takes. […]
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The Hipster Health Care Revolution
May 19, 2009
How one Williamsburg doctor is reinventing health care.
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