MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'garrett'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:35:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3588863&cid=t_449211_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fh1ho8nwWuA8%2F By Neal McCluskeyA few days ago I itemized several bad things that are happening in Washington when it comes to education. Happily, I can now report one good development, and it’s something that could help put an end to all that bad stuff. The good news is the introduction of the Local Education Authority Returns Now Act (LEARN) from Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ). What the LEARN Act would do, essentially, is let states declare that they’ll run their own education systems, thank you, and enable state taxpayers to get their education bucks back through a federal tax credit. In other words, LEARN would take away the mighty tool that Washington uses to make states do its unconstitutional bidding — taking tax dollars from state citizens whether they like it or not, and forci... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3588863 Fri, 21 May 2010 15:48:06 +0100 3588863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800363&cid=t_449211_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUUQ4IyLMCw8%2F Page one of today’s Washington Times—above the fold—has a fascinating story indicting the White House for failing to disclose that it will collect and retain material posted by visitors to its pages on social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube. The story is fascinating because so much attention is being paid to it. (It was first reported, as an aside at least, by Major Garrett on Fox News a month ago.) The question here is not over the niceties of the Presidential Records Act, which may or may not require collection and storage of the data. It’s over people’s expectations when they use the Internet. Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the White House signaled that it would insist on open dealings with Internet u... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800363 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:02:00 +0100 2800363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2649060&cid=t_449211_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Fthe-tragedy-of-the-commons%2F The tragedy of the commons is a term coined by scientist Garrett Hardin in 1968 describing what can happen in groups when individuals act in their own best self interests and ignore what’s best for the whole group. A group of herdsmen shared a communal pasture, so the story goes, but some realized that if they increased their own herd, it would greatly benefit them. However, increasing your herd without regard to the resources available also brings unintentional tragedy — in the form of the destruction of the common grazing area. Being selfish by using a shared group resource can hurt others. But it doesn’t always have to. Since that time, we’ve had a great deal of research into this phenomenon that’s resulted in a few common solutions, as outlined by Mark Van... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2649060 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:23:00 +0100 2649060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389755&cid=t_449211_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F05%2Flessons-from-1918%2F I read a book called ‘The Coming Plague‘ when I was in medical school. It was fascinating. It formed a picture of the world in my mind as a bubbling soup of seething micro-organisms waiting for the right circumstances to break out, to come forth and multiply - at our expense. It also introduced me [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389755 Thu, 07 May 2009 01:32:12 +0100 2389755