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I’ve had a considerable shock. A fictional hero…isn’t.
When in England many years ago, I bought a pretty collection of five, wee, hard-cover novels. Each book, clad in a yellow dust jacket, measured 7 inches by 4.5 inches, more or less the size of my hand. Despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged "The Three Musketeers", "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", Alexandre Dumas, Aramis, Athos, Belle-Ile, Brittany, D'Artagnan, Fouquet, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Michelin, Perplexity, Porthos, the Sun King, Wikipedia
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Is “concierge medicine” ethical?
This is what a New York Times reader asked the Times ethicist a few days ago: “Should I Feel Bad About Joining a Concierge Medical Practice? I can afford the membership fee, but I’m torn about the ethics of being part … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Medical care in the US, The Facts of Life
Tagged "concierge" medical practices, Kwame Anthony Appiah, nephrology, TV drug commercials
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A devastating description of a monarch who sounds like Trump.
If you scrape the rubbish-heap of servile, coeval flattery that usually smothers the personality of a monarch you will discover a few kings who have been truly great; many who have achieved greatness because they were wisely content to serve … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Dumas, French Revolution, Louis the Fourteenth, Louis XIV, Madame de Montespan, Rafael Sabatini, Roi Soleil, the Sun King, Trump, Trump family, Trump's ballroom, Versailles
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