Bill Moyers: Yves Smith and Dean Baker on Secrets in Trade

Bill Moyers: Yves Smith and Dean Baker on Secrets in Trade
DEAN BAKER: Yeah, let me carry that even a step further with the prescription drugs, just to try and put some dollars and cents on that. We spend around $ 300 billion a year on prescription drugs. Without patent and other similar protection we'd be … Read more on Truth-Out

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Play About a Teacher Versus a …
In each act, Porphyrion sports vastly different looks, courtesy of costume designers Angi Bell Ursetta and Brian Getnick, whose imaginative tricks with fabrics and color is a treat to behold. But while the spectacle makes a strong visual statement, it … Read more on LA Weekly (blog)

The Cautionary Tale of Justin Blackmon
The NFL is in the reputation business, not the rehabilitation business. There is no such thing as a … Eventually Blackmon will be welcomed back into the NFL family once he gets his act together. He's too talented not to be. … There are 2,000 … Read more on Bleacher Report

Acetylcysteine Fails in Randomized Trial
Report on the results of the ACT Trial which randomly assigned more than 2000 patients with at least one risk factor for contrast-induced acute kidney injury…