by Gil Friend | Dec 7, 2003 | Uncategorized
Tom Cruise, Bob Dylan, Commodore Perry. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Commodore Matthew Perry’s fabled “opening” of Japan. If you said, “Commodore who?” you wouldn’t be alone. By Christopher Benfey. [New York Times:...
by Gil Friend | Dec 4, 2003 | Uncategorized
MBDC: Cradle to Cradle Design. MBDC is articulating and putting into practice a new design paradigm; what Time calls ‘a unified philosophy that — in demonstrable and practical ways — is changing the design of the world.’ Instead of designing...
by Gil Friend | Dec 3, 2003 | Sustainability
42 A-Plants Found to Lack Enough Cash for Cleanup. The owners of nearly half the nuclear power reactors in the U.S. are not reserving enough money to decommission them on retirement, a General Accounting Office report said. By Matthew L. Wald. [New York Times:...
by Gil Friend | Dec 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
That Ounce of Prevention Grew Too Big. Primary care, particularly preventive medicine, is becoming untenable in the era of 15-minute office visits. By Sandeep Jauhar, M.d.. [New York Times: Science]
by Gil Friend | Dec 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
Heal Health Care System? Start Anew. Dr. Steffie Woolhandler wants to change the health care system. Soon, and not in the way Congress just did. By Judy Foreman. [New York Times: Science]It’s a topic very much on my mind these days, since I’ve spent a lot...
