Afternoon with the Gagnon’s

On January 2nd we had a very pleasant afternoon dinner with our friends Damian and Jeanne Marie Gagnon, and three of their four children (Nate, Philip and Kathleen; Monica had gone back to college). Here’s a picture of Joe and Brigid (note social lubricant in front of Brigid.) And Jeanne Marie. Perhaps listening to Brigid?

Major advance in ovarian cancer treatment reported today

Both the NY Times Gain Reported in Combating Ovary Cancer – New York Times  and the Washington Post Abdominal Treatment For Cancer Promising report this morning on a chemotherapy regimen that the National Cancer Institute is recommending. To quote from the Washington Post article: "…the National Cancer Institute is urging doctors to begin using the … Read more

Here’s a comprehensive negative review of the Canadian Healthcare system

Below is an excellent web posting. Coincidentally, since I am bashing the NY Times (see the post below this one) the author uses columns by NYT columnist Paul Krugman as his foil to highlight the Canadian shortcomings. The issue of how to provide and pay for healthcare is certainly a difficult one. Part of my … Read more

Corporate Greed at the NYT? Say it aint so!

This takes the cake. I took it off the Donald Luskin website, which you can visit yourself by hitting the link on the left, "The conspiracy to keep you poor and stupid." The Hypocrisy of astonishing. THIS IS RICH…   From TimesWatch: Business reporter/columnist Gretchen Morgenson loves corporate scandals, and she rounds up the year’s greatest … Read more

New Year’s Resolution

I spent more than a few days working through my resolutions and besides the obvious ones (be nicer to the wife, etc), one kept coming back to the front of my thoughts. I need to work with Tim to get him to really enjoy reading. He’s a good reader, but he doesn’t enjoy it. Joe … Read more