The more I look at Afghanistan, the more I believe that Robert McNamara is not dead.

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The longer I wait for the swine flu vaccine, the more I realize what government-run health care would be like.

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Medicinal marijuana: the health-care plan of the Grateful Dead Heads.

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A Northwest Airlines plane overran its Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. Northwest's new slogan: "Lake Wobegon is ready when you are."

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