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Category Archives: Blog BS

MedBlog Power 8

This humble blog is included in the latest installment of the MedBlog Power 8 at Kevin, MD. Each of the featured sites is worth a perusal.
However, if you have time to read only one, make sure its “The ED of the Future.”  It produced a coffee-spewing LOL at the Catron house.

Posted 20 September 2007 † Catron § ‡ Comments (0)

A Post about a Post about a Blogger

I don’t do many posts about bloggers or blogging. It’s like writing a novel about a novelist. But, hey, if it was good enough for Nabakov, it’s good enough for me.
ScienceRoll has a brief but illuminating interview with the dean of docbloggers, Kevin Pho of Kevin,MD. Here’s my favorite passage: 
People not involved with health care really have no idea […]

Posted 18 August 2007 † Catron § ‡ Comments (0)

Socialized Medicine and Social Pretension

I have touched previously on the role of piety in the zombie-like consistency with which “progressives” adhere to the cause of socialized medicine, but it occurs to me that there is more to the story. Having considered the matter further, I think social pretension is also an important factor.
If one observes how “the reality-based community,” […]

Posted 27 July 2007 † Catron § Progressive BS ‡ Comments (2)

Nurse K vs. the Speaker for All Nurses

I have to confess that, as a general rule, I’m not crazy about nurse bloggers. Unlike the flesh-and-blood nurses I have worked with, they are too often … well … dull. So, I was pleasantly surprised when I followed a link from Kevin, MD to Crass-Pollination.
Nurse K’s “let’s cut through the BS” writing style is […]

Posted 26 July 2007 † Catron § SCHIP BS ‡ Comments (2)

You Know You’re Doing Something Right …

… when the NYT calls you “one-sided.” This back-handed accolade was received yesterday by Stuart Browning in reference to his film “Dead Meat,” which, as the Gray Lady phrased it:

Presents anecdotes of failure in the Canadian single-payer system. In its one-sidedness, “Dead Meat” (available online at onthefencefilms.com) might have made for a nice double feature […]

Posted 07 July 2007 † Catron § Canadian BS § Journalistic BS ‡ Comments (0)

HCBS: Good Clean Fun

GruntDoc ran a bunch of blogs through an online tool that assigns movie ratings to web sites, and it would appear that this humble weblog pulled a “G” rating. Equally wholesome are Blogborygmi, Dr. Wes, Fat Doctor, Over My Med Body , and The Angry Doctor.  No one pulled an “X,” but DB’s Medical Rants […]

Posted 26 June 2007 † Catron § ‡ Comments (0)

John Edwards: Even a Broken Clock …

This is post isn’t about health care. It’s about net neutrality and John Edwards coming down on the right side of at least one issue:
I am a strong believer in Net Neutrality. I believe it is enormously important.
Since he is wrong on health care and most other issues, I wanted to commend him for […]

Posted 12 April 2007 † Catron § ‡ Comments (0)