Balance

I still disagree with his conclusions, but at least he is rational and explains his reasoning in a way that makes sense. Now we can have some actual debate:

. . . It's not an outrage. It's surely not a death panel. But it is subtle pressure applied by society through your doctor. And when you include it in a health-care reform whose major objective is to bend the cost curve downward, you have to be a fool or a knave to deny that it's intended to gently point the patient in a certain direction, toward the corner of the sickroom where stands a ghostly figure, scythe in hand, offering release.

The Truth About Death Counseling

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Fair is fair:

Word on cycling blogs this week is that Prairie Village cops busted 30 bicyclists Aug. 13 for running a stop sign.

Not true.

Turns out that only 17 got $95 tickets for allegedly running the four-way at 79th Street and Belinder Road.

Not that it makes the story any less satisfying, which might seem like heresy coming from me, an avid cyclist. . . .

Cyclists get a bit of needed discipline