Let me be Systems Analyst for a day. As I see things, the health-care, financial system, and energy systems are like Tinker Toys. Stick the pieces together and hope they stay stuck. Controlled chaos masquerades as policy. It’s so crazy, it just might work. Then comes the wake-up. We’re seeing this now […]
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News briefs 8.20.03
The power of sauce, hope, and Motown “Where is my Temptations tape?” asks Betty Smith. “I can’t do anything without it.” Someone gets the Motown playing for her, and Smith looks more relaxed. It’s a day when the soundtrack should be just right: It is the first production run for Miss Betty’s Down Home Sauce. […]






