Information about one of the greatest economists since Adam Smith.

[Dotted in honor and respect of his passing away today.]

Today is a very sad day. Milton Friedman, perhaps the century's greatest economist**, passed away today.

**Keynes can blow me

Why the rest of the world should pray that we don't ever institute single-payer health care.

Quoted: The American health care system, high expenditures and all, is driving innovation for the entire world.

When it comes to medical innovation, the United States is the world leader. In the last 10 years, for instance, 12 Nobel Prizes in medicine have gone to American-born scientists working in the United States, 3 have gone to foreign-born scientists working in the United States, and just 7 have gone to researchers outside the country.

The six most important medical innovations of the last 25 years, according to a 2001 poll of physicians, were magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography (CT scan); ACE inhibitors, used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure; balloon angioplasty; statins to lower cholesterol levels; mammography; and coronary artery bypass grafts. Balloon angioplasty came from Europe, four innovations on the list were developed in American hospitals or by American companies (although statins were based on earlier Japanese research), and mammography was first developed in Germany and then improved in the United States. Even when the initial research is done overseas, the American system leads in converting new ideas into workable commercial technologies.

Not quite news, but a great story nonetheless from a great anti-ID site

Ah yes, maybe now Sony will realize how hard it is to successfully launch a console with a huge portfolio :)

Hijinks Ensue...

Boo to prop #1 and #2!

Otherwise everything else went pretty well :)

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