If you’re interested in the politics of health care over the past twenty years, read Ezra Klein.
“Insurers make money by denying claims. Money they spend on health care is money they lose (they even have a name for it: the "medical-loss ratio"). Private insurance is a bit like a fire department that turns a profit by letting buildings burn down.”
Krakatoa erupted 126 years ago, and these photos show it possibly reawakening again.
Motivated Grammar is a niche blog devoted to grammatical sticklers. It really is a good read by a linguist that points out ways that language is and not how it should be. Not everything you learned in school is necessarily correct.
Buy stuff at the Creationist Fossil Shop. For six bucks you can get a TV that was created on Day 8, 4000 B.C. (false estimate: 1950 A.D.)
Today’s slide show is fabulous nature’s collection of beach images.