We're #37!!!!

Here's a little song about our global standing in terms of health care. I don't know who's responsible for it, but it's letter perfect:



[H/T Marta Evry at Venice for Change]

Waterboarding

I know, this is already all over the web, and clearly I'm late getting to it. But the more people post it, the more likely it is that additional people will see it, and God knows I want every sentient adult in the United States of America to see it, to reflect on what it means that our own government decided to ape the methods of a totalitarian dictatorship (or a banana republic, for that matter), and to act on that knowledge.

Open-Mindedness

Andrew Sullivan links to this video on open-mindedness. I consider it a kind of public service announcement.