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I don’t understand…

This post on the Atlantic web site by Olga Khazan is insightful, though perhaps not the way she planned it. Olga’s surely a liberal. But even the blind squirrel finds the occasional acorn. Her lede is that most uninsured folks

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Bleeding edge

I knew I couldn’t hold out for long. Having some time available this evening, I went ahead and updated the laptop to Windows 8.1. Up to now I have spent as little time as possible in the Metro/Modern UI. Will

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Back to the blog

Well, it’s official. At least the grades are posted. I have completed my Master of Health Administration program, and sometime early next year will get the diploma to go with it. Lots and lots of work writing papers and participating

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Rights and Wrongs

Lately, much that’s in the news causes the observant to wonder how long our treasured rights, as allegedly guaranteed in the first ten amendments of the Constitution, will be available to us to exercise. My current reading is the eye-opening exposé

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Hit job

First off, welcome to the first post on my new (to me) platform on WordPress.com. I started Critical Condition almost four years ago on Posterous, which appealed due to its “drop-dead easy” approach. Well, they lived up to the first

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Fecal cliff

Others have previously posted attempts to put the federal fiscal morass, with its incomprehensible numbers in the billions and trillions and gazillions, into household budget terms we should be able to understand. Here’s my take at putting last ni…

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Thrill of victory, and the agony of the feet

We’re back from today’s Ann Arbor Kennel Club dog show near Monroe. It was a long day for everyone, Zora included, but we came away with a Beginner Novice obedience title, grabbing the third and final qualifying leg. It wasn’t easy. We left home a…

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Study Break

Yes, once again an inordinate amount of time has passed since my last blog post. Between work and school, there is so much going on that social networking and blogging are way, way down the list. I just don’t have mental room for them now. I know …

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Although Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday with definite secular elements in its origin (e.g., rejoicing at the end of the harvest), people of faith understand intuitively that this is a day to praise and give thanks to our Creator for the man…

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Modern Healthcare Top 25 Clinical Informaticists

The announcement just came out today. I am so honored to be named by Modern Healthcare magazine to this prestigious list. According to the magazine, this program recognizes medical professionals who excel at using patient-care data to improve bot…

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