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I graduated from the University of Washington and am a board-certified Family Physician. I owned five family medicine-integrated medical clinics in the Seattle, Washington area, and as a consequence was very involved with all medical insurances–including...Shibboleths: A Great Labor-Saving Device for Rational Thinking
A recent e-mail from a reader said that he could not find the word “shibboleth” in his desk dictionary, even though he had seen this word in my column. That was an unfortunate omission in his dictionary because shibboleths explain a lot about what is said...“West Wing” vs. Reality: Bush Dumb, Gore Bright?
President George W. Bush — despite his post-Sept. 11 performance — remains dumb, says “West Wing” producer Aaron Sorkin. Bush’s stratospheric popularity, claims Sorkin, results from our collective refusal to admit Bush’s stupidity:...The IQ Exemption
The never-ending battle of the left to keep people from being held responsible for the consequences of their own actions is now in the Supreme Court of the United States, where the justices are being urged to exempt murderers from the death penalty if they score below...Beware Beijing: Stand up for the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Given the warmth that’s emanating from the North Pacific as George W. Bush visits Beijing this week, it’s hard to believe that the United States’ leading foreign-policy concerns before Sept. 11 were China’s downing of a U.S. military...Social Security: The Enron That Politicians Have In the Closet
If even half the things that Enron is charged with are true, then some of the company’s top brass should get a few decades behind bars to think over what a dirty thing they have done to so many other people, who trusted them and depended on them. But that is...Shame on Casey Martin: Calling for the Government Takeover of Golf
The Americans with Disabilities Act must be repealed–and why Casey Martin deserves to lose his case.
Three Books on The State of Education
Why our disintegrating culture is turning out so many people who are so much less than men can be.
