Recent Posts Tagged With 'spincycle select'

• Articles of interest

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 22:09 in spincycle select

  Kate Michelman, in a poignant article, narrates her family’s descent into near bankruptcy due to healthcare costs. NY Times reports on how multiple congressmen with ‘one voice’ – the voice of the lobbyists. Earl Blumenauer, t...

• Spincycle Select: Oct 20th-Nov 4th

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 16:06 in spincycle select

  BBC provides a guide to the Joes in American politics - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7679987.stm Chaste provides a link to an excellent NYRB article on Georgia by USC professor Robert English - http://www.nybooks.com/articles...

• Private: Spincycle Select -March 12th to April 15th

  Posted on Wednesday March 12th, 2008 at 14:11 in spincycle select

  “Churnalism” “The team looked at a fortnight’s production from the posh papers and the Daily Mail, and analysed in the process 2207 UK news pieces. They focused on two things: the number of stories that were derived directly from ...

• Private: Spin Select | Feb 1st to Feb 15th

  Posted on Friday February 8th, 2008 at 00:48 in spincycle select

  “Chicken-chested, hollow-cheeked and undernourished” male models “People are afraid to look over 21 or make any statement of what it means to be adult,” Ms. Cutrone, “founder of People’s Revolution, a fashion branding and prod...

• Private: Spin Select | Jan 15th to Jan 31st

  Posted on Sunday January 20th, 2008 at 15:53 in spincycle select

  Israel practices collective punishment 1.5 million residents of Gaza were plunged into darkness as Israel closed all border crossings preventing delivery of fuel supplies. While Gaza technically has a sea coast, it has no access to goods and trade f...

• Spin Select | Jan 3rd to Jan 15th

  Posted on Friday January 4th, 2008 at 20:09 in spincycle select

  Moral Hazard and Health Insurance A 2005 piece by Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, convincingly debunks the moral hazard logic behind private health insurance plan advocates. The Moral-Hazard Myth: The bad idea behind our failed health-care system....

• Gawande: checklists help reduce medical errors

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 14:11 in spincycle select

  Atul Gawande writes about how checklists can make a critical difference in reducing errors in the medical profession. He quotes Dr. Pronovost, the man behind the idea, as saying, “The fundamental problem with the quality of American medicine is...