able to secure the right care”—that they didn’t do right by their charges. Caregivers who have witnessed difficult deaths tend to grieve longer, and experience greater rates of post-traumatic stress….
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…is not fluid. Judaism as practiced by the ultra-orthodox is not at all fluid. I don’t pretend to be ultra-orthodox; I pretend to be just an ordinary everyday Jew, and…
…We can’t. We exhale. 15 – Clintons don’t care about money like vacuum cleaners don’t care about dust. There’s a commercial break. On the webcast, Limbaugh plays “humorous” fake commercials….
…other people don’t care, man. Everywhere you bastards are whispering kucu kucu kucu like you know everything. Somebody simply makes up one story, then slowly-slowly people repeat it to each…
prepare for it—except beforehand. And what you do beforehand matters immensely. Japan was both impressively prepared and shockingly unprepared. [T]here are accounts of Japanese citizens taking things without benefit of…
…cost to themselves. They did so not only because they viewed the weakest as particularly deserving of care, but because of their different attitude toward death. These Christians were motivated…
the most important way of controlling them is left out of the calculation. If you want to save universal health care, you must do several things, and soon: 1. _Go…
…health care bill, it would be difficult for Obama to return to Congress seeking billions more to aid distressed homeowners and small businesses. While health care reform, if done right,…
chose my scars. I chose to go under and let doctors cut through layers of skin, knowing I would wake up with marks. In high school, they said I could…
…arthritis, with a huge potential target market. An extensive, well executed marketing campaign for a “me, too” drug (think “little purple pill”) can mean a windfall for the manufacturer. (On…
…Japanese woodblock printing, manga, and Godzilla; the prehistoric monster recurs as the artist’s surrogate. But he is quick to point to the obliqueness of his personal connection to Japan and…
…by environmental triggers, including exposure to contaminants and chemicals, like cigarette smoke, silica, and mercury. In particular, he said, recent studies have shown a link between lupus and uranium exposure….
…someone is “black” or “white.” I may describe the color of their skin—black eyes, beige skin, blue eyes, dark skin, etc. But I’m not talking about race. I’m talking about…
By **Robert Reich** From RobertReich.Org. When it comes to health care, Republicans should be careful what they wish for. Their upcoming vote to repeal the health-care law will be largely…
…has been slashed, cut to basics, from Medicare coverage to post-natal care to abortion. And I was at a major hospital that has recently been highlighted by USA Today as…
backlash, including a boycott of Koch Industries’ products, has started picking up steam. AlterNet has been keeping a close eye on the Koch-financed support for Walker’s anti-union campaign. As we…
…products.” In an excerpt from an article written by Betty Martini of Mission Possible, Dr Roberts said: “I have documented other severe neuropsychiatric reactions to aspartame products — most notably…
…black market of self-employed tour operators. Their homemade products and services made the sophisticated efficiency of the Planetary Tourism Agency look good merely by contrast—and the agents of Planetary Security…
…of pages of documents like these, all of them full of disturbing concessions and impenetrable jargon. Months ago, when a high-school friend reached out to me asking that I give…
…his cabinet for a first meeting, at which he’ll call for more cuts in domestic spending. Symbolism counts in Washington, and Obama’s request that his cabinet officers come up with…