The United States spends $2.1 trillion, or 16% of GDP, on health care. What does that go towards? Category 1990 2007 Health services and supplies $666.7 $2,095.5 Personal health care expenses $607.5 $1,877.6 Hospital care $251.6 $696.7 Physician and clinical services...
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 Statistical Abstract has been released. I thought it would be fun to go through it and note the more interesting items, starting with Health and Nutrition. United States Health Care Expenditures (In billions): Type of Expenditure...
On April 6, 1789, a month after they were originally scheduled to, enough members of the First Federal Congress arrived in New York to tally the electoral ballots. George Washington unanimously garnered 69 electoral votes. Upon notification of his victory, Washington...
During my stay in the district of S. I often used to go to see the watchman Savva Stukatch, or simply Savka, in the kitchen gardens of Dubovo. These kitchen gardens were my favorite resort for so-called “mixed” fishing, when one goes out without knowing...
The Wire: The Complete Series for $134. This is the best show in the history of television. I’ll go further. The best use of the video medium ever. Five seasons is about sixty hours, so, about $2 an...
