Behind Aspen’s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goats—or, more accurately, has-beens […]
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Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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I think this is good news. But his statement that we cannot boost our way out of the pandemic is of some concern.
Agree
Do you see insurance companies adding surcharges to premiums of people who are unvaccinated? They are certainly costing the system a lot of money.
I speak only for the life side but I see no surcharges applied to the premiums of people who are unvaccinated. Health insurance is a different animal and while I don’t suspect anything nefarious in the works I would expect higher premium rates for EVERYONE in the future to cover what undoubtedly will be much higher treatment costs, expenses and claims experience.
I sure as hell don’t like paying for other people’s obstinacy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/delta-air-lines-unvaccinated-employees-will-face-200-fees-if-they-dont-get-covid-vaccine.html?utm
I saw that. Good on them. But actually I think they should be more like United and just require the shot.