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Even 9/11 advocacy groups share some of the blame. They've ground the process to a halt a few times, most recently over whether the Survivor's Staircase should stand in perpetuity exactly where it did the day of the attacks. It's a noble thing, trying to honor the memory of the victims. But few people are honored by this impasse of competing agendas...
...girlfriend is having sex with his best friend, and Wesley pays for the condoms his friend will use to betray him. Even his ATM sasses him. "Insufficient funds," the text brays at him. "You're an asshole." When he was an infant, his father disappeared, and Wesley can't blame him. He doesn't want to be around himself either. And yet, depressed to the point of inertia, he can't summon the resolve to commit suicide...
...director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center. "There is no excuse." In one of the review's highlighted studies, among patients undergoing CT scans, 30% were on their third scan, 7% had five or more, and 4% had more than nine. Also to blame: doctors increasingly practicing defensive medicine. "There is an underlying philosophy that you're at fault if you miss anything," says Bullard. "The goal is to be perfect every time." Plus, he notes, CT scans have no immediate negative side effects. "They are quick, painless, and send patients away with the sense...
...gallons years ago, all while keeping prices the same. Still, says Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federal of America, "What's going on now is definitely reflective of rising food costs and rising fuel costs." Waldrop says he doesn't blame manufacturers for taking the step to protect their bottom lines, but says the food companies should be honest with their customers about it. "If they're transparent and open, consumers are less willing to think [manufacturers] are trying to pull one over on them," says Waldrop. The changing product sizes are part...
Barack Obama's great insight is to blame "speculators" for raising oil prices artificially. This could even be true, but if so, it's irrelevant. Speculators cannot affect the price of oil in the long run. What speculators do is get us to the long run sooner. If they think underlying forces of supply and demand will ultimately result in oil at $200 per bbl., they will bid up the price until it is close to $200 per bbl. already. Similarly, if speculators think the price of oil will go down, they will drive it down more quickly. So, actually...