Category: Opinion

The Health Care Crisis Comes to Town, Big Time

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I was going to write about something darkly funny this time, but something has come up this week, and I feel the need to vent. It involves the near total collapse of our nations health care system. Sooner or later, it’s going to hit you where you live. I know, because that’s exactly what happened to me, here in Waltham, Massachusetts, this past week. I mean this literally.

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It doesn’t surprise me at all

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Nope, It doesn’t surprise me at all.

As I have mentioned in some previous columns, I like to bike ride. I don’t race at all, save for a brief flirtation with low-level, “category 5” racing in the mid-80’s. I ride for the physical enjoyment, the exercise, all the usual “feel-good” reasons. I’ve been doing it for some time, I guess, having gotten my first “ten speed” as a teenager.

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Management Math Strikes Again!

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Over the past twenty-plus years of my working in the Massachusetts high technology industry, I have learned a lot of things, some good, and some not-so-good.

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I’m Important, and I can Prove It! This is that time of year when a lot of things happen, some good, and some not so good. Among the things I feel are not so good, are those endless offers that arrive in the mail from credit card outfits.

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