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Response to my offer last week to match 50% of donations which readers notified me of was initially slow, but has improved substantially this weekend. In order to allow readers of rossputin.com to make me give the maximum, I am extending my offer until… more »

I was going to write about the myths surrounding the economics of destruction, but the situation in New Orleans is so horrible that I just can't get myself to do it. This story is one of the worst things I've ever read; you only expect to hear such th… more »

[Given the slow response so far, I am extending the offer described below until Wednesday, September 7th. I'd like you all to make me give away a lot of money.] I'd like to suggest that we take a moment today not only to think of the victims of Hurric… more »

Dear Readers, I will not be posting anything other than this note today in order to take the blogging equivalent of a moment of silence to honor my little brother whose 36th birthday should have been today. My brother, Cliff, died from a very long… more »

Hello all, I changed web hosts yesterday. This probably caused duplicate RSS feeds on several posts. I'm not sure I have all the bugs worked out but I think it should work fine now. Please e-mail me at rossputin@rossputin.com if your RSS or ot… more »

FDA panel votes to allow continued sale of Cox-2 inhibitors Vioxx Could Rejoing Painkillers on the Market http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050220/ap_on_he_me/arthritis_drugs_16 Our Nanny State goes much to far in "protecting" citize… more »

There's a famous quote from Mark Twain (who claimed to be quoting Benjamin Disraeli): "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics". I was reminded of this when a Bush administration guy talked about how Bush had cut the deficit w… more »

Hello All, I'm going back to one of my favorite parts of the world: South Africa and Namibia. I'll be back on Feb. 6, and I probably won't have the chance to post here again before then. Have a great few weeks! Ross more »