Financial Conflict
In McDonalds vs. Kids, Guess Who's Ahead
08/16/07
Until we rein in fast food and give them less free sway with our kids, we're contributing to a national disaster.

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Why Brokers Feel Their Commissions Are Justified
08/14/07
Yesterday I pointed out that many brokers act in utter disregard of their clients best interests, instead steering them toward deals that land them the best commissions. Today I present the other side, that many brokers spend an inordinate amount of energy mopping up the health plans' failures.

Brokers and Financial Conflict
08/13/07
While most business' seek objective advice about their health plans, in fact their brokers often steer them to deals that provide the biggest commissions.

Those Crazy Californians: This Time Its Childhood Diabetes
07/13/07
California has taken a bold step in the fight against childhood diabetes. Even so, its hardly a match for the influence exerted by the fast food industry.

Crimes and Punishments: Zheng and Crawford
07/11/07
The difference in the way China is treating a public official who was caught taking illicit money and how we treated one of our own caught doing the same thing says everything you need to know about which direction we're headed.

The Cognitive Dissonance of Conflicted Care
06/15/07

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