by Julia After months of tea partying, Stupak (“baby killer!!”), death panels, and “bipartisanship,” Congress passed legislation late Sunday night designed to greatly expand health care coverage and combat the tyranny of medical insurance companies. Despite my reservations about the bill, I am confident that this step is significant for millions of Americans in a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health care’
Hump Day Tab Dump
Posted in tab dump, tagged Dolly Parton, health care, military, politics, Salon on 01/06/2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Elizabeth This week marked my return to The Working World– for the remainder of winter break, I’ll be temping in the corporate legal department where I interned for two summers. Frankly, the adjustment to a 9-5 schedule filled with patent applications and international contracts has been pretty (pathetically) challenging for this college student. Thus, I [...]
New Year’s Eve Tab Dump
Posted in tab dump, tagged Aussie power pop, feminism, health care, lady gaga, youtube on 12/31/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Julia and Elizabeth We apologize for the lack of posting in the last few days; Julia spent a lot of time in the car as she made her return from retirement (aka family vacation in Florida) and Elizabeth has been, well, enjoying winter break in true college student fashion by catching up on sleep. [...]
Tab Dump
Posted in tab dump, tagged broadsheet, consumerism, health care, indie, kate nash, pandagon, sociological images, tab dump on 12/24/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Julia Fun with the Target Catalog from Sociological Images. I love the last one. The AP couldn’t find 10 human female athletes, so they chose 2 horses for a top 10 list. really. Love Kate’s speciesist mention (and see Elizabeth’s post on the topic here!) The link (politically) between narcotics and sexual pleasure (and corporal freedom). [...]
Tab Dump
Posted in tab dump, tagged broadsheet, health care, lady gaga, SATC, tab dump on 12/22/2009 |
by Julia Carrie Bradshaw: Feminist Icon? Tracy Clark-Flory breaks down the arguments of Naomi Wolf and Camilla Long, and deems SATC more positive than negative. (guilty pleasure, nonetheless). Cooking the Books: The Statistical Game behind off-label prescription drug use interesting stuff regarding off-label prescription drug use and how drug corps not-so-secretly encourage it. Testing, Testing: [...]
