A Fresh Batch of Links for You
- Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
Obama was apparently deeply affected by Atul Gawande's piece in the New Yorker about the over use of medical services in McAllen, Texas. - House Bill Aims to Strengthen Nation's Food Safety System - washingtonpost.com
More detail on the Waxman food safety bill. It stops short of creating a single federal food agency, but ups industry reporting requirements a great deal. - SeedMagazine.com: In Seeds We Trust
Rather awesome photo slideshow of Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault. - New England Journal of Medicine: The FDA as a Public Health Agency
The new FDA commish and deputy commish tell of their vision for the agency. Of particular interest: the mention of new food safety laws coming out of Congress. - Eater: Why I Hate Food Bloggers
Mario Batali unloads. - F.D.A. Chief Lauds Food Safety Bill as the ‘Right Direction'
Waxman and Barton have a go at reforming food. - An Ivy-Covered Path to the Supreme Court - NYTimes.com
In certain circles in the U.S., diversity only goes so far. - The Putting Lot, Mini Golf Collective - Gothamist
Damn it, my friends and I have had this idea for *years.* We'll have to turn to our backup idea: stand-alone and by-the-hour racquetball courts.
