Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Denouement

Posted on November 24, 2009 by kjmaclean

Denouement is a French word that means ‘the outcome of a complex sequence of events.’ It comes from the from the French denouer, ‘to untie’, and originally from the Latin nodus, ‘a knot.’ My old Webster’s New College Dictionary also … Continue reading →

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“Health Care”

Posted on November 24, 2009 by kjmaclean

I’ve been around for 58 years, but I’ve rarely heard anything as stupid and as silly as the current debate over “health care.” Nobody asks the fundamental questions. We hear debates about the “public option,” privately-owned health care accounts, and … Continue reading →

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