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bigtkirk

  1. Stunning. 40% of NYC residents are on Medicaid? online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… about 2 hours ago via ManageFlitter
  2. New HCT blog post Hyde Park on Hudson: bit.ly/JJyeSh about 11 hours ago via twitterfeed
  3. That JP Moriarity sent a 17 year old girl to jail for a day b/c he didn't know her case doesn't make him look better: bit.ly/JIdoCW about 21 hours ago via Buffer
  4. New HCT blog post Let's Rock: bit.ly/LQSeP4 10:23 PM Jun 1st via twitterfeed
  5. New HCT blog post Improving Cancer Care: bit.ly/Lbyoit 7:17 PM May 31st via twitterfeed
  6. New HCT blog post Why We Get Fat: bit.ly/KVpmrv 7:35 PM May 30th via twitterfeed
  7. So, I wonder what Larry Moriarity plans on doing after his stint as a JP?: bit.ly/L4QJO5 5:11 AM May 30th via Buffer
  8. New HCT blog post Religions and Babies: bit.ly/L39zoF 7:43 PM May 29th via twitterfeed
  9. New HCT blog post How to use a paper towel: bit.ly/KYLorJ 6:17 PM May 28th via twitterfeed
  10. Darn those confounding variables! blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/0… 7:04 AM May 28th via ManageFlitter
  11. New HCT blog post Why are so many things broken?: bit.ly/KUO0GO 7:39 PM May 27th via twitterfeed
  12. And classy, too. “@Hlas Iowa has just one player on the PGA Tour, but it's a really good one.” 2:57 PM May 27th via Plume for Android
  13. The barely acknowledged inhumanity of economic sanctions. econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/… 6:36 AM May 27th via ManageFlitter
  14. New HCT blog post Miles Davis, 1959: bit.ly/KRbU6b 7:52 PM May 26th via twitterfeed
  15. Holman Jenkins explains one of the reasons why investors are betting on Facebook. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… 7:39 AM May 26th via ManageFlitter
  16. I want a backyard like Dave Pelz's. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… 6:53 AM May 26th via ManageFlitter
  17. New HCT blog post Breaking the four minute mile: bit.ly/KoZkvC 7:26 PM May 25th via twitterfeed
  18. New HCT blog post Fighting an epidemic of bad laws: bit.ly/KmuAfd 7:21 PM May 24th via twitterfeed
  19. Or a parking lot. RT @JeromeSolomon: Hell, had they turned the Dome into a drive-thru carwash, . . , debt would have been paid by now. 7:05 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  20. In Houston, we love urban boondoggles. chron.com/news/houston-t… 6:44 AM May 24th via ManageFlitter
  • Name Tom Kirkendall
  • Location The Woodlands, Texas
  • Web http://blog.kir.com/
  • Bio Bold in thought, precise in speech, moderate in action.
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