Not sure what this article is saying exactly.

I just finished living 3 years in Delhi. Health care is cheaper in India because everything is cheaper in India, except perhaps for imported food goods and wine. I've heard more than one story about poorer people who have had children die in hospitals due to inexperienced medical staff. I have seen children get wounds stitched by a doctor who did not disinfect the wound first or even wash up. There are now very good hospitals in Delhi but you have to be wealthy to go to them. It is not a good model for health care. The richest country in the world shoot be shooting for a model like the UK or France (i.e public).

Can you come up with another solution for salon radio as the iPhone can't use flash...

Sorry, but I question the author's intelligence. You hate the phone but you've had 4?

The iPhone is the most amazing piece of technology I've owned. The Blackberry isn't in the same league. The phone works great (friends noticed the call quality difference right away). The interface is intuitive. I use the GPS all the time to find my way, I have a shopping list app that I can sync up with my wife's phone, I stream radio stations etc etc.

The battery could be a bit better and there could be some multitasking, but small complaints. Just remember to charge it--if you follow some battery saving tips you will get 2 days of pretty active use (at least I am--and I bought a used iPhone). And changing the battery is possible (yet difficult--there are people who will do it for you).

This is just another case of backlash when something gets too popular.

I'm surprised that in 5 weeks she wouldn't experience something that she would have wanted to share with him that would make her miss her.

I'm not sure what's worse for Salon, printing articles that make obvious claims like this one, or printing Carmilla Pagilla's articles that make completely false claims like "talk radio used to be so intellectual and I'm so surprised that, just now, it has become idiotic and hateful"

False comparison. Try again.

For one, I agree with the sentiments expressed in many of the posts. There are probably some control issues here, but I think most of us want partners who share the same beliefs.

People have morphed this into a situation where the man is a lay about lazy good for nothing control freak. Note from the article:

-she doesn't have a lot of free time, but does a lot of the housework

-she is helping to put him through grad school.

-he is nice in other respects

This does not necessarily imply that she:

-does most of the housework

-that he does not have some sort of part time job

-that the combination of his studies and (possible) job don't also make him a busy guy.

Therapy might help, but "dump him"? Good lord. Not to mention we don't have his perspective here.

I realize we live in the real world (I certainly do, and make bad choices all the time)-- but choosing not to dry clothes in a dryer is a good choice. Clothes dryers are the biggest power suck in the house, and drying clothes outside/on a rack doesn't take up a heckuva lot of extra time. My thing is that when there are good alternatives that don't involve a lot extra effort (if any at all), one should choose those.

In addition, I am interested in people who dismiss personal behavior modification as being minutiae and that one should concentrate on bigger issues. What exactly do you mean by that? What is the end result of advocating for the big issues? Convincing people to modify their behavior? But, they shouldn't be bothered with that! Round and round...

Traditional print media:

1. Usually doesn't report important news.

2. Wastes trees.

This is a great development that we should be happy about. I hope they all go out of business.

Because of online blogs and journals (and YouTube), I read more news than I've ever read in my life, and am more informed.

I'm not sure:

by inflicting a heavy death toll on Hamas militants and heavy pain on the Gaza population

is "euphemism free". It is quite purposeful for Friedman to use "heavy death toll" when it comes to militants, and "Heavy pain" when it comes to the population. Especially when one can guess that the heaviest death toll is on the population, not the militants.

True, "heavy pain" could refer to other things than the death toll--injuries, infrastructure destruction etc. But, by the same token, one could argue that "heavy pain" in a more general sense is inflicted on the militants and their goals.

So Friedman stops short of admitting that, when it comes to the population, what exerts the most pain is the death toll itself. Still a coward.

"Sarah Palin, who has been subjected to an atrocious and at times delusional level of defamation merely because she has the temerity to hold pro-life views"

is almost a big a straw man as:

"many people are saying that Iraqis are not ready for democracy"

Funny, I thought most people were subjecting her to criticism primarily for many other reasons, like:

1. Her abuse of power in Alaska.

2. Her idea about what constitutes foreign policy experience

3. Her desire to ban books. (she had at least the desire)

4. Her inability to answer simple questions in a debate or interview.

5. Her lack of knowledge about international affairs.

6. Her lack of knowledge about national affairs.

7. Her extreme right wing positions and anti-environmental record.

8. Her and her husband's ties to Alaskan separatist groups.

OK, I'm bored, this is too easy.

Be a contrarian if you think that will make you relevant, but check your logic first.