Item:  Getting a state ID card is just as hard, and in this case more so, than getting a driver's license.  The state of Texas is a litt...

I realize this is getting old, but Joan and I are in the middle of another fine encounter with the world's greatest healthcare system.  ...

Okay, I have a topic for Talk Thursday, but I dunno how I'm going to talk about it.  I mean, something momentous happened today, and eve...

Playing in the background: "Top Chef." Tom Colliccio looks like a vulture (still). Well, kids, I'm sure that my 100 million ...

(National Health Care Edition, c. 2009, all rights reserved) We already have health care rationing. It's called "what your health ...

Hi. Joan here. I thought I'd butt in to give an update on my knee. To quote my favorite singer/songwriter (who I hope actually wrote thi...