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Shacks for Rich People

I recently came across Tumbleweed, the self-styled “tiny house company.” The houses that Tumbleweed builds in California and delivers to any site in the…

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Castro the Bigot

Via fark.com comes an I-can’t-believe-she-wrote-this memo telling journalists to be nice to Castro. One particularly delicious passage: Please note Fidel did bring…

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But We Already Have It. . .

Doug, I agree with your criticisms of the about the problems with the Swedish health care system. But, of course, we have pretty much…

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Bill Frist on Chronic Disease

My former boss, Bill Frist, has a very interesting piece in today’s Miami Herald. A quote: Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, emphysema, high…

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State Monopolies

John, You miss one very important part of the history of the yellow cab company in Chicago: It succeeded as a business almost entirely…