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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...[閱讀全文]
(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....[閱讀全文]
byJohnC.Boland
Friday,July6,2007providedbyWSJ
Youwouldthinkthatafter70yearsofsecuritiesregulation,reptile-brainedWallStreeterswouldhavelearnedtobehave.Fortunately,theyhaven't,ifwe'retobelieverecentnovelistswhofindtheStreetstillrockingtogreed,sexanddrugs.Ifonlyoneofthesewritershadadded,forbalance,acameoofalpha-regulatorsRudyGiulianiandEliotSpitzerbehavingbadly....[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-06 18:48:01)
無法思考的青年－－我身邊的犬儒主義漫談
閆恒
什麽什麽？犬儒主義？那是什麽？
十個犬儒主義的人裏，恐怕有九個半並不知道這個學院氣濃烈的哲學詞匯，但這個學院氣濃烈的哲學詞匯，卻實實在在是十個犬儒主義者的生活造就的。時至今日，選擇犬儒主義作為思想，就像選擇牛肉拉麵作為晚飯一樣稀鬆平常，仿佛不犬儒就不入流（“偏激”），不[閱讀全文]
閆恒
什麽什麽？犬儒主義？那是什麽？
十個犬儒主義的人裏，恐怕有九個半並不知道這個學院氣濃烈的哲學詞匯，但這個學院氣濃烈的哲學詞匯，卻實實在在是十個犬儒主義者的生活造就的。時至今日，選擇犬儒主義作為思想，就像選擇牛肉拉麵作為晚飯一樣稀鬆平常，仿佛不犬儒就不入流（“偏激”），不[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-06 11:45:45)
PuttingaprettyfaceontheREBustgjohnsit
That'sonewayofdoingit
DarylinTucsonwritesthatafriendofhispurchasedahomefromabuilderthere,andthebuilderloweredthepriceafterthecontractwassigned.AndJeffwritesfromCentralValley,CA:‘KBHomeshasbeenbuildingthesame8housesformonthsnowtomakethemlookactiveandtheyalsoput'sold'signsinafewhomes,problemisnobodyevermovesin!'
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Idrankthe‘Kool-Aid;...[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-05 21:25:46)
人以群分
·金 鳳·
每個人的一生，都會遇人無數。萍水相逢也好，同甘共苦也罷，但真正能和你長期保持聯係的大概屈指可數。
如果你仔細想想，就會發現，你每次回國要見的同學、朋友，你在國外聖誕聚會、平時打牌的圈子，一定都是和你教育水平，社會地位，家庭情況差不多[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-05 21:21:54)
六四與繁榮
·寒 露·
現在中國人中流行一種說法，幸虧六四鎮壓下去了的，否則哪有今天的繁榮昌盛。這種邏輯被灌輸得給如此成功，以至於連很多六四時站在學生立場的人都欣然接受了。要分析這種說法是否成立，第一必須從整體的曆史的角度來看。第二必須分析這些年經濟快速增長的後盾是什麽。
從曆史來看，自從[閱讀全文]
·寒 露·
現在中國人中流行一種說法，幸虧六四鎮壓下去了的，否則哪有今天的繁榮昌盛。這種邏輯被灌輸得給如此成功，以至於連很多六四時站在學生立場的人都欣然接受了。要分析這種說法是否成立，第一必須從整體的曆史的角度來看。第二必須分析這些年經濟快速增長的後盾是什麽。
從曆史來看，自從[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-05 20:00:39)
Hasmedicinelostitscompassionandhumanism?e-mailstory|printstoryInthe JuneissueoftheGMEe-Letter,wereferencedan essayinJAMA (extract)byPaulRousseau,MD,whoobservedattendings,residents,andstudentsonhospitalteachingroundsfromtheperspectiveofacaringfamilymember:Ihavenodoubtthatasthemedicalteamapproachedhercubicle,shewassimplythe52-yearoldsclerodermapatientintheintensivecareunit.Shewasirrel...[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-05 19:46:05)
Unconstitutional$9.95addtocartUnconstitutionalisthenew,hour-longdocumentaryfromRobertGreenwald--oneofthemostprolificandprogressiveproducersinHollywood--inconjunctionwiththeACLU.Thisnewfilmwritten,directedandproducedbyNonnydelaPena,detailstheshockingwaythatthecivillibertiesofAmericancitizensandimmigrantsalikehavebeeninfringedupon,curtailedandrolledbacksince9/11andtheUSAPatriotAct.ThewaronourCivilLi...[閱讀全文]
(2007-07-05 19:28:48)
Thetruthhurts-evenwhenametaphor
"AJapanesecompanyandanAmerican
companydecidedtohaveacanoeraceonthe
MissouriRiver.Bothteamspracticedlongand
hardtoreachtheirpeakperformancebeforethe
race.Onthebigday,theJapanesewon...bya
mile!
TheAmericans,verydiscouragedanddepressed,
decidedtoinvestigatethereasonforthecrushing
defeat.Ateammadeupofsenior閱讀全文]
"AJapanesecompanyandanAmerican
companydecidedtohaveacanoeraceonthe
MissouriRiver.Bothteamspracticedlongand
hardtoreachtheirpeakperformancebeforethe
race.Onthebigday,theJapanesewon...bya
mile!
TheAmericans,verydiscouragedanddepressed,
decidedtoinvestigatethereasonforthecrushing
defeat.Ateammadeupofsenior
