Worcester in the Headlines | Update

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette gives a more detailed account of the slaying of that pregnant woman, as well as the good news that her baby has been found alive in New Hampshire.

Blame Tolstoy

And damn that Anna Karenina!

And damn those selfish suicidal bastards that can't kill themselves in the silence of their own home.

Healthcare Dialogue

Paul Krugman and Stuart Butler discuss health care and its financial implications on NPR.

On that note: Why are conservative Brits fairly reasonable, but ours border on insanity?

(Un)Fair and (Un)Balanced

And now geographically challenged, too.

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Is Fair Back?

On the one hand they tell us the tanning salon definitely causes skin cancer, on the other hand, they give us ten reasons not to go to the beach. What is a boy to do?

Bring the arsenic and let's just go Elizabethan style.

California Budget Woes

The governator (sic) signs the recently-proposed budget. Something tells me we'll need some drastic measures again next year. This is nothing but a band-aid.

Today's Creepiness

These people must have a few screws missing up there.

Worcester in the Headlines

A very unfortunate story about a young woman whose 8-month fetus had been removed from her body and is nowhere to be found. All this in Worcester, MA, the Heart of Massachusetts, as reported by the BBC and the New York Times.

The O'Reilly F***tor

A friend of mine posted a link to a snippet of an O'Reilly video that very beautifully shows how deep his raging stupidity goes, as well as the stupidity of those who check his facts and of the network that allows those claims on air.

Apparently, the United States has a lower life expectancy than Canada for the simple reason that we have... a greater population. For your enjoyment, Bill O'Reilly.

Right-Wing Health Insanity

This is unbelievable. These are the people that represent a great part of the the U.S. population. They are the voices that speak for us in that hallowed hall of Congress and this is the insanity they fulminate: they 'enlighten' us to the truth behind the proposed state-subsidized government healthcare and reveal that it is merely a plan to kill the weak and the elderly.

Bauhaus Revisited

I have always believed that the 1920s and 30s produced some of the best art, as well as practical and aesthetically pleasing designs in architecture and furnishings. A museum in Berlin is now revisiting the Bauhaus years. The corresponding slide show can be found here.

Shedding Light on Envisioned Healthcare

Three days ago the New York Times published a very detailed editorial expounding on the many benefits of the healthcare plan envisioned by the Democrats and the White House. If you have any interest whatsoever in it, or are concerned about its consequences, I suggest you follow this link and read it.