Boyd Watersflipped into DSM-X5 hours agoThe evidence is clear: A liquid-only diet before a colonoscopy is unnecessarySTAT - Benjamin LebwohlSince colorectal cancer is on the rise in people younger than age 50, national guidelines have recently pushed the starting age for colorectal cancer …
Boyd Watersflipped into Invisible Hands22 hours agoTrump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Seeks Bond in $454 Million Judgmentverified_publisherThe New York Times - Ben ProtessDonald J. Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that he faces “insurmountable difficulties” as he tries to raise cash for the civil fraud penalty he faces in New York. Donald J. Trump’s lawyers disclosed on Monday that he had failed to secure a roughly half-billion dollar bond in his civil fraud …
Boyd Watersflipped into Disrupting Class1 day agoWhat the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Laterverified_publisherThe New York Times - Sarah MervoshThe more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid. Four years ago this month, schools nationwide began to shut down, igniting one of the most polarizing and partisan debates of the …
Boyd Watersflipped into RESPECT1 day agoOpinion | America’s Largest Minority Is Also Its Most Misunderstoodverified_publisherThe New York Times - Marie AranaHistory is being made on the Rio Grande. Hundreds of thousands of migrants braved the journey across it last year, setting records and contributing to an urgent border crisis. As spectacle, it has been transfixing. Yet misconceptions abound. It’s as if the sight of a migrant scaling a wall or wading …
Boyd Watersflipped into Invisible Hands1 day agoThe Realtors’ Big Defeatverified_publisherThe New York Times - David LeonhardtA settlement in the real estate industry is a case study of a central flaw in free-market economic theory. Free-market economic theory suggests that the American real estate market should not have been able to exist as it has for decades. Americans have long paid unusually high commissions to real …
Boyd Watersflipped into Invisible Hands1 day agoOpinion | Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystemverified_publisherThe New York Times - Marc HoganDoes that song on your phone or on the radio or in the movie theater sound familiar? Private equity — the industry responsible for bankrupting companies, slashing jobs and raising the mortality rates at the nursing homes it acquires — is making money by gobbling up the rights for old hits and …