Me: Hi, I’m Dr. Pal and I’ll be taking care of you here in the hospital.
Patient: Where the hell is my real doctor?
Me: He’s at the office seeing patients. He doesn’t come to the hospital anymore.
Patient: Why the hell not?
Me: Well, it’s complicated, but it’s getting harder and harder for doctors to pay their overhead. […]

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain and/or his campaign have responded to the fourteen questions issued by the Science Debate 2008 effort. I addressed the responses of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (and/or his campaign) earlier.
When I read over the answers my focus is mostly on the issues of stem cell science, the integrity of science […]

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