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Wednesday links
Notice that I'm working hard here ... Meg Cabot style.
Is more consumer choice really better for the consumer? A series of studies finds that the opposite appears to be true -- whether you're talking jam, jobs or health insurance, the more choices people have, the less content they are:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9803E7D61339F931A15752C0A9629C8B63
A roundup of links on weight loss from Reason.com points out the fallacy that dieting to lose a few pounds is healthy in any way; it's more likely to be harmful. Also, black women can carry more weight without adverse health effects than white women, which means that the "one size fits all" approach of the Body Mass Index makes even less sense.
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/119596.html
Orion found me this, by way of Daily Kos: an absolutely awesome update of the GOP logo for 2008:
http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/goodling-friday/
Is more consumer choice really better for the consumer? A series of studies finds that the opposite appears to be true -- whether you're talking jam, jobs or health insurance, the more choices people have, the less content they are:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9803E7D61339F931A15752C0A9629C8B63
A roundup of links on weight loss from Reason.com points out the fallacy that dieting to lose a few pounds is healthy in any way; it's more likely to be harmful. Also, black women can carry more weight without adverse health effects than white women, which means that the "one size fits all" approach of the Body Mass Index makes even less sense.
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/119596.html
Orion found me this, by way of Daily Kos: an absolutely awesome update of the GOP logo for 2008:
http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/goodling-friday/