FROMTHEPRESIDENTRonaldM.Davis,MDSenseandnonsensefromSickoLastweekend,myfamilyandIwenttoseeSicko,MichaelMoore’sdocumentaryaboutthestateofournation’shealthcaresystem.ThemovieaddressessomeofthecoreissuestheAMAhasbeenworkingonforyears,especiallytheplightoftheuninsuredandtheabusesofcorporationsthatputprofitsoverpatients.Thefilmresonatedwiththeaudience,whichenjoyedMoore’suniquebrandofhumorandapplaude...[
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NovelistsTaketoWallStreet
byJohnC.Boland
Friday,July6,2007providedbyWSJ
Youwouldthinkthatafter70yearsofsecuritiesregulation,reptile-brainedWallStreeterswouldhavelearnedtobehave.Fortunately,theyhaven't,ifwe'retobelieverecentnovelistswhofindtheStreetstillrockingtogreed,sexanddrugs.Ifonlyoneofthesewritershadadded,forbalance,acameoofalpha-regulatorsRudyGiulianiandEliotSpitzerbehavingbadly....[
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无法思考的青年--我身边的犬儒主义漫谈
闫恒
什么什么?犬儒主义?那是什么?
十个犬儒主义的人里,恐怕有九个半并不知道这个学院气浓烈的哲学词汇,但这个学院气浓烈的哲学词汇,却实实在在是十个犬儒主义者的生活造就的。时至今日,选择犬儒主义作为思想,就像选择牛肉拉面作为晚饭一样稀松平常,仿佛不犬儒就不入流(“偏激”),不[
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PuttingaprettyfaceontheREBustgjohnsit
That'sonewayofdoingit
DarylinTucsonwritesthatafriendofhispurchasedahomefromabuilderthere,andthebuilderloweredthepriceafterthecontractwassigned.AndJeffwritesfromCentralValley,CA:‘KBHomeshasbeenbuildingthesame8housesformonthsnowtomakethemlookactiveandtheyalsoput'sold'signsinafewhomes,problemisnobodyevermovesin!'
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Idrankthe‘Kool-Aid;...[
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人以群分
·金 凤·
每个人的一生,都会遇人无数。萍水相逢也好,同甘共苦也罢,但真正能和你长期保持联系的大概屈指可数。
如果你仔细想想,就会发现,你每次回国要见的同学、朋友,你在国外圣诞聚会、平时打牌的圈子,一定都是和你教育水平,社会地位,家庭情况差不多[
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六四与繁荣
·寒 露·
现在中国人中流行一种说法,幸亏六四镇压下去了的,否则哪有今天的繁荣昌盛。这种逻辑被灌输得给如此成功,以至于连很多六四时站在学生立场的人都欣然接受了。要分析这种说法是否成立,第一必须从整体的历史的角度来看。第二必须分析这些年经济快速增长的后盾是什么。
从历史来看,自从[
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Hasmedicinelostitscompassionandhumanism?e-mailstory|printstoryInthe JuneissueoftheGMEe-Letter,wereferencedan essayinJAMA (extract)byPaulRousseau,MD,whoobservedattendings,residents,andstudentsonhospitalteachingroundsfromtheperspectiveofacaringfamilymember:Ihavenodoubtthatasthemedicalteamapproachedhercubicle,shewassimplythe52-yearoldsclerodermapatientintheintensivecareunit.Shewasirrel...[
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Unconstitutional$9.95addtocartUnconstitutionalisthenew,hour-longdocumentaryfromRobertGreenwald--oneofthemostprolificandprogressiveproducersinHollywood--inconjunctionwiththeACLU.Thisnewfilmwritten,directedandproducedbyNonnydelaPena,detailstheshockingwaythatthecivillibertiesofAmericancitizensandimmigrantsalikehavebeeninfringedupon,curtailedandrolledbacksince9/11andtheUSAPatriotAct.ThewaronourCivilLi...[
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Thetruthhurts-evenwhenametaphor
"AJapanesecompanyandanAmerican
companydecidedtohaveacanoeraceonthe
MissouriRiver.Bothteamspracticedlongand
hardtoreachtheirpeakperformancebeforethe
race.Onthebigday,theJapanesewon...bya
mile!
TheAmericans,verydiscouragedanddepressed,
decidedtoinvestigatethereasonforthecrushing
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