A study of the corpses of English teenagers (and a few children) taken from poor parents in the 1800s, and sent to work in cotton mills far away, shows that they were basically systematically stunted and killed by malnutrition.

*Medicare for All Legislation Introduced to Address Poor U.S. Health Outcomes, Inequities.*

I think that focusing on "inequity" in US medicine is a distraction from the real issue. What's wrong with the US medical system is that many Americans can't get the medical care they need.

We should set up a national medical system to give all Americans the medical care they need. Other countries prove every day that that is possible.

If we gave every American good medical care, as a byproduct there would be no more inequities in medicine. But we should not formulate the goal in terms of inequities. We could eliminate inequities by giving all Americans _no_ medical care, but that is not what we should aim for.

(satire) *Wealthy Parents Surprise Graduating Child With Judge Who Will Let Him Off Hook For Future Rape Accusations.*

The boss of CNN (actually, of its parent company) rebuked CNN reporter Oliver Darcy intimidatingly for not upholding the company's spin about the bullshitter and his "town hall".

*Bird flu could become the next human pandemic — and politicians aren't paying attention.*