A Thought About Health Care

Thinking about my limited knowledge of different countries health care, I suspect that the crucial thing isn’t whether a country’s health care is privately-funded or state funded. Nor, I suspect, is it crucial whether the hospitals themselves are run by the state or private business or the Martians. I think the really vital thing is whether the politicians get the same care as the rest of us. Since they’ll take…

March 3, 2010
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Divine Biscuits from the Cistercian Convent

The Cistercian convent at Buenavista in Breña Alta, La Palma The Cistercian convent of the Holy Trinity at Buenavista in Breña Alta is surprisingly new. It was founded in 1946, and it’s the only closed order on the island. I was surprised to find out that there are only ten nuns who live there. The convent has a small shop. I first went there about eleven years ago, in search…

March 3, 2010
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