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Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters
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Loading ...I don’t remember how I came across Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters, but I’m glad I did. As with most things we do, in short, he argues that the one-size-fits-all application of the … Continue reading
Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In case you’re wondering why our budgets are always being assaulted, and where all our tax revenue goes instead of such essential public safety functions as police, fire and EMS, not to mention all kinds of other community services, take … Continue reading
Call review #2
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Code 3 for chest pain. This is not really a call review, since this is not what I do here, but I think it’s an interesting call in some ways. A polite but anxious 53-year-old woman tells me she “bent … Continue reading
Night and Day by Michael Morse
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Providence Fire Department’s Lt. Michael Morse, who wrote the book Rescuing Providence, has a sequel, Night and Day, scheduled for release in the fall of 2011. Go leave a comment on his post. Random old posts: The price of trying … Continue reading
Critical Condition by Donald Barlett and James Steele
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...For a bit of history of health care in the United States and how we got to the big mess we’re in now, take a look at Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business–and Bad Medicine. This … Continue reading
