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(2007-07-07 19:14:40)
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(2007-07-07 11:05:33)
FROMTHEPRESIDENTRonaldM.Davis,MDSenseandnonsensefromSickoLastweekend,myfamilyandIwenttoseeSicko,MichaelMoore’sdocumentaryaboutthestateofournation’shealthcaresystem.ThemovieaddressessomeofthecoreissuestheAMAhasbeenworkingonforyears,especiallytheplightoftheuninsuredandtheabusesofcorporationsthatputprofitsoverpatients.Thefilmresonatedwiththeaudience,whichenjoyedMoore’suniquebrandofhumorandapplaude...[阅读全文]
(2007-07-07 10:05:45)
NovelistsTaketoWallStreet
byJohnC.Boland
Friday,July6,2007providedbyWSJ
Youwouldthinkthatafter70yearsofsecuritiesregulation,reptile-brainedWallStreeterswouldhavelearnedtobehave.Fortunately,theyhaven't,ifwe'retobelieverecentnovelistswhofindtheStreetstillrockingtogreed,sexanddrugs.Ifonlyoneofthesewritershadadded,forbalance,acameoofalpha-regulatorsRudyGiulianiandEliotSpitzerbehavingbadly....[阅读全文]
byJohnC.Boland
Friday,July6,2007providedbyWSJ
Youwouldthinkthatafter70yearsofsecuritiesregulation,reptile-brainedWallStreeterswouldhavelearnedtobehave.Fortunately,theyhaven't,ifwe'retobelieverecentnovelistswhofindtheStreetstillrockingtogreed,sexanddrugs.Ifonlyoneofthesewritershadadded,forbalance,acameoofalpha-regulatorsRudyGiulianiandEliotSpitzerbehavingbadly....[阅读全文]
(2007-07-06 18:48:01)
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[阅读全文]
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[阅读全文]
(2007-07-06 11:45:45)
PuttingaprettyfaceontheREBustgjohnsit
That'sonewayofdoingit
DarylinTucsonwritesthatafriendofhispurchasedahomefromabuilderthere,andthebuilderloweredthepriceafterthecontractwassigned.AndJeffwritesfromCentralValley,CA:‘KBHomeshasbeenbuildingthesame8housesformonthsnowtomakethemlookactiveandtheyalsoput'sold'signsinafewhomes,problemisnobodyevermovesin!'
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Idrankthe‘Kool-Aid;...[阅读全文]
(2007-07-05 21:25:46)
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[阅读全文]
(2007-07-05 21:21:54)
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[阅读全文]
·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[阅读全文]
(2007-07-05 20:00:39)
Hasmedicinelostitscompassionandhumanism?e-mailstory|printstoryInthe JuneissueoftheGMEe-Letter,wereferencedan essayinJAMA (extract)byPaulRousseau,MD,whoobservedattendings,residents,andstudentsonhospitalteachingroundsfromtheperspectiveofacaringfamilymember:Ihavenodoubtthatasthemedicalteamapproachedhercubicle,shewassimplythe52-yearoldsclerodermapatientintheintensivecareunit.Shewasirrel...[阅读全文]
(2007-07-05 19:46:05)
Unconstitutional$9.95addtocartUnconstitutionalisthenew,hour-longdocumentaryfromRobertGreenwald--oneofthemostprolificandprogressiveproducersinHollywood--inconjunctionwiththeACLU.Thisnewfilmwritten,directedandproducedbyNonnydelaPena,detailstheshockingwaythatthecivillibertiesofAmericancitizensandimmigrantsalikehavebeeninfringedupon,curtailedandrolledbacksince9/11andtheUSAPatriotAct.ThewaronourCivilLi...[阅读全文]
(2007-07-05 19:28:48)
Thetruthhurts-evenwhenametaphor
"AJapanesecompanyandanAmerican
companydecidedtohaveacanoeraceonthe
MissouriRiver.Bothteamspracticedlongand
hardtoreachtheirpeakperformancebeforethe
race.Onthebigday,theJapanesewon...bya
mile!
TheAmericans,verydiscouragedanddepressed,
decidedtoinvestigatethereasonforthecrushing
defeat.Ateammadeupofsenior阅读全文]
"AJapanesecompanyandanAmerican
companydecidedtohaveacanoeraceonthe
MissouriRiver.Bothteamspracticedlongand
hardtoreachtheirpeakperformancebeforethe
race.Onthebigday,theJapanesewon...bya
mile!
TheAmericans,verydiscouragedanddepressed,
decidedtoinvestigatethereasonforthecrushing
defeat.Ateammadeupofsenior
