RIP Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill

Chronically ill Americans suffer far worse care than their counterparts in seven other industrial nations, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation that has pioneered in international comparisons. It is the latest telling evidence that the dysfunctional American health care system badly needs reform.

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George

Is anyone else totally heartbroken that Carlin died? No one I’ve been around seems to be effected, but all I want to do–instead of work, instead of pack for vacation–is watch George Carlin videos. It’s not fair that someone like him isn’t around anymore. That sounds silly, I know, but he spoke the truth. He is missed.

Pro-Life is Anti-Woman

This one makes me think of my Young-Republican future sister-in-law. “You don’t see many of these white, anti-abortion women volunteering to have any black fetuses transplanted into their uteruses, do you? No, you don’t see them adopting a whole lot of crack babies, do you? No, that might be something Christ would do.”

Education and the Owners of America

I used to show this one to my students on the last day of class.

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