The Trial (a review)
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not involved in setting the price for the drugs it approves.” – This was the sentence that sent a chill down my spine as I sipped my morning coffee and read an article from the Associated Press last week:(excerpt follows) A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost [...]
When No One Is Watching
“We all have to decide for ourselves how much sin we can live with.” This now infamous line isn’t taken from When No One Is Watching, by Joseph Hayes. However, having just watched the episode of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire in which the character Nucky Thompson utters the line, it resonated in me as I read [...]
