War Is The Worst

November 19, 2022 Tiberius James Leave a comment

https://www.etymonline.com/word/worst

worst (adj.)

Old English wyrresta, from Proto-Germanic *wers-ista- (source also of Old Saxon wirsista, Old Norse verstr, Old Frisian wersta, Old High German wirsisto), superlative of PIE *wers- (1) “to confuse, mix up” (see war (n.)). Phrase in the worst way (1839) is from American English sense of “most severely.” The adverb is Old English wyrst; the noun, “that which is most evil or bad,” is from late 14c.

worst (v.)

“damage, inflict loss upon,” c. 1600, from worst (adj.). Meaning “defeat in argument” is from 1650s. Related: Worsted; worsting.

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Commentary, Health

Is The Health Care “System” Broken?

October 25, 2022 Tiberius James Leave a comment

It’s been said,

“The passing of the Health Maintenance Organization Act represented a significant effect by the US government to, as the (1) NCBI writes, “experiment with organizational change in the structure of the health care delivery system”.

The argument goes something like this here, though one can easily find rebuttals:

For Profit Health Care Was Illegal Until Nixon Changed Everything

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