Police

One NYPD Cop Dead, Another Critical After They Were Shot in Vehicle – ABC News.

Senseless tragedy, made all the more so by the fact that these officers will get the justice that so many in our cities and towns do not: public acknowledgement that the perpetrator is in the wrong.

Of course there are some cops who are good people but until departments stop protecting each other more than they do the citizens they are sworn to protect the uniform is soiled and everyone wearing it deserves what they get.

Chick Stuff

Questioning the Pelvic Exam

Two things jump out here:

The practice is endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which nonetheless admits that medical evidence to justify it is lacking.

and

One of the most vexing problems in medicine today is the fact that doctors get paid only for performing procedures, not for the time they spend talking with patients to discuss issues of possible medical importance.

“First” and the rest of the “Worlds”

What’s Wrong With #FirstWorldProblems

The hashtag #firstworldproblems is often used to say something like,

“Your/my problem may be annoying, but there are much worse things happening in the world.” Phrased this way, …it builds a useful sense that one’s problems are not the only significant things in the world.

Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.

hmmmmm.