“The only reason people wouldn’t have insurance is if they’re cheapskates? Really?”
“Family health insurance premiums that would have taken a minimum wage worker 329 hours to earn in 1979 would have taken 2,079 hours in 2011.”
“Nine employees covered by the federal health insurance plan.”
Justice Antonin Scalia: less demand means higher prices. Wait … what?
“My other advice is to check their watches from time to time: it is 2012, not the mid-1970s.”
“Wise investment in infrastructure now saves taxpayers money in the long run.”
“The New Hampshire law would require that doctors give unscientific, medically inaccurate information to patients or else lose their jobs.” (via)
“The influence of politics on science at the FDA has become increasingly blatant.”
“The Bible never directly addresses, and it certainly does not condemn, loving, committed same-sex relationships.” (via)
“He wasn’t welcome there because of his clothing, his status as a homeless man, his notoriety.”
“Jesus is attacking the patriarchal power structure, cutting it off at the knees.”
“This is an idea that should be deeply disturbing to American Christians.”
“In case of the disappearance of True Christians, there are instructions located in the above box to help those who are left behind.”
“One in five teenagers will experiment with philosophy.”
“A European team said on Wednesday that about 40 percent of red dwarf stars — the most common type in the Milky Way — have a so-called “super-Earth” planet orbiting in a habitable zone that would allow water to flow on the surface.”
(Post title in honor of Dianne Wiest, who turns 64 today.)
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