Old-Age Poverty

2019 Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the WorldBelén FernándezOR Books. In the interests of full disclosure, I confess at the outset that Belén Fernández is a friend of mine. If she wasnt, Id wish she was after reading this book. Not that shes a raconteu…

Yves here. This post highlights an ugly fact: Medicare, while better for most people than crapified employer health plans and quite a few Obamacare policies, is not all that hot by world standards due to the high cost of American healthcare. One big problem i…

I’ve been reading today To Begin Where I Am, selected essays of the Polish poet and thinker Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004). Here is a passage from “If Only This Could Be Said,” in which Milosz attempts to articulate his religious beliefs. He was a liberal intelle…