Editors’ Blog - 2014
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05.06.14 | 9:53 am
Yes, It Saves Lives

There was a study out of Oregon last year that suggested there was little evidence that people with health insurance had better health outcomes, though they did enjoy greater peace of mind and improved mental health. But there’s another, far more rigorous study just out on Massachusetts’ 2006 experiment with health care reform and it paints a very different picture: universal or near universal health care coverage drops mortality substantially. In other words, it saves lives. Lots of them.

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05.06.14 | 12:42 pm
We Need More Comedy, Not Less

Rob Ford apparently denied entry into US. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Also he’s still Mayor of Toronto.

05.06.14 | 12:48 pm
Anti-Anal Lawmaker Won’t Stop

The state lawmaker who started an anti-anal sex crusade last week has responded with even more crass analogies and anal sex shaming after state doctor contacts him to assure him he’s an ignoramus. Watch.

05.06.14 | 1:33 pm
An Amazing Bit of Data

The rate of teenage abortions per year is now lower than it was before Roe v Wade. See the chart.

05.06.14 | 3:15 pm
Sounds Wise

California school district revises assignment questioning whether the Holocaust actually happened.

05.06.14 | 4:20 pm
Divide And Conquer The 47 Percent!

Thom Tillis, the leading candidate in today’s GOP primary in North Carolina, was going off on the 47 percent way before Mitt Romney.

05.06.14 | 4:37 pm
Hunger Games?

Leading GOP Senate candidate from North Carolina says we must “divide and conquer” those on public assistance? Watch.

05.07.14 | 8:10 am
Calling All Primates

For current Prime members, join us in our discussion of our upcoming Prime membership drive.

05.07.14 | 9:14 am
Brilliant, Watson!

Lynne Cheney: “Would Vanity Fair publish anything about Monica Lewinsky that Hillary Clinton didn’t want in Vanity Fair?”