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...much work at the Democratic Convention, but I'm hearing a lot of great music. Forget Bonnaroo, CMJ and Coachella: all the cool bands are in Denver this week, and almost all of them are playing for free. The Democrats may struggle with party unity, but they don't seem to have any trouble putting a festival together...
...seem obvious, or even inevitable, that a poor person would live a shorter, sicker life than a rich one. But consider also that a "social gradient of health" exists even among the rich: the outlandishly wealthy live healthier and longer than the rich, who live better than the merely comfortable. In every country around the world, WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health found that the very best off had better health than people a few rungs below them on the socioeconomic ladder. "Even in Sweden" - a country with a strong history of social and economic equality...
...Obama Debate? I think Obama's reluctance to debate, especially in a town-hall context, stems from his not wanting to think on his feet, something he doesn't seem to do particularly well, with his frequent stammering and "wait a minute" efforts to clarify himself [Aug. 18]. When you can't be straight with people about what you really want to do, you get stuck trying to think fast about what you can say that will placate the large majority of people and not tick off your base. In Obama's case, that seems to present a real challenge...
...Perot's in the general election, which together cut the Republican Party's heart out. Already Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson are unhappy with today's GOP. If McCain wins and governs significantly to the left of George W. Bush, the party's meltdown in the early 1990s will seem like child's play...
...mentioned in the show. "It is still amazing to me how much press this has generated for us," says Tracy Barone, executive director of the Lackawanna County Convention and Visitors Bureau. "If it's been mentioned on The Office, people want to come and see it." It doesn't seem to matter to Barone or anyone else in Scranton that the town's image in the show is comically dismal. "We couldn't be happier they picked Scranton and not Utica," she says...