Tales from the Tracks

I love the New York Times, perhaps an unhealthy amount. If the NYT were a human male, I would totally marry it and have it’s very fair, high quality - yet ever so slightly liberal - babies. Or, in my case, date it for about 7 years and have it’s babies while cohabiting. Semantics.
However, it really [...]

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Dear God,
I know I proclaim not to believe in you. And while that is true, I hope you can overlook this small infraction, should you in fact turn out to be true, and help me. Please. (I would have added a “for the love of God” to the end of that, but I don’t know [...]

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Twenty years ago, Type 2 Diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure were virtually unheard of in children. Today, hundreds of thousands of American youngsters are being treated for these problems, which are byproducts of obesity. And they’re being treated by prescription medications usually reserved for adults.
I understand the seriousness of these problems and I [...]

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