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Florence Nightingale Still Comforting the Sick
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It is time to add May 12th to our list of dates worth commemorating — especially for 1 million in the United States who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. This year marks 192 years since Florence Nightingale’s birth in Florence, Italy to wealthy English parents. As a young woman, she [...]
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Murdoch Has ‘Unfit’ Company
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Rupert Murdoch, the 81-year-old chief executive of News Corp., has been told by a select committee of the British parliament that he is “unfit” to head his global media conglomerate. It is a particularly British accusation and one that is especially punishing, both because it is so indelible and is so seldom used. “Unfit” is [...]
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The Case for Fixing Up America
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I’m asked with some frequency these days, what do I think the United States will look like in 25 years to 50 years? Underlying this question is a real concern that we’ve lost our way as a nation, that the best is behind us and a strong feeling that the generations to come won’t have [...]
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The Oil Casino: Traders Play, Others Pay
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Markets work like a dream when there is a willing buyer and a willing seller. That suggests, of course, that the parties really want the asset that is being traded, whether it is onions or apartment buildings. But things get hairy when you interpose a futures trader who has no interest in onions or apartment [...]
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CFS: One Disease and Its Costs
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What would happen to health care if a million new patients with just one of many now incurable and largely untreated diseases flooded the system, relying on medicine that could cost $70,000? It might happen. Actually, it's more than desirable that it should happen. In one instance, a million or more patients who [...]
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