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Steven M Scotten

Medicare/Efficiency?

http://www.examiner.com/a-564555~Is_Medicare_the_more_efficient_plan_.html Interesting editorial and I absolutely don’t trust it. Here’s why: Matthews’ article here reads like a critique of Medicare’s efficiency and throws around a lot of numbers that indicate that Medicare is far more efficient

On Composition

This morning by email a friend asked me to tell her what I know about composition. It’s a tough subject to sum up in a few words, not because I know so much about it, but because there’s not really a right or wrong way to arrange a

Viva Something or Other

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the trade embargo on Cuba. Now, I know that they aren’t doing all that well there, and Castro is, shall we say, a leader of mixed virtue, but every time I think of the trade embargo I am impressed with the resiliency of

Finally, a sex scandal I can get behind

I’m writing about this a full week (or more) late, but hey, you don’t come read Monochromatic Outlook for the news. I try to ignore sex scandals about public officials. For the most part, I think they are a hysterical waste of ink. Bill and Monica? Don’t

700 feet on two feet

Today’s run: Twin Peaks. As best as I can tell from some low-res topo maps on the web, I ran from 150 feet above sea level to 850 feet in two miles, then back after a flat loop, totalling 4.1 miles in 44:34. That’s a 10:

3.8 miles in 35:44

Got out on the road for the first time in ages. I’ve been getting over being sick for entirely too long now and it’s kept me from running. Hopefully today wasn’t too early, but I’m getting really tired of being inactive. I feel fine on a

Impunity

Less than a half hour ago San Francisco Police Department cruiser #576 was parked in front of the fire hydrant at the corner of 22nd and Tennessee. While the hair on the back of my neck stood up at the thought that law enforcement officers are basically exempt from the