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The COVID-19 epidemic has accelerated a growing trend among doctors toward corporate medicine and away from private practice. The personality and priorities of doctors had already been undergoing a metamorphosis. And, just as we have witnessed the collapse of small businesses across the country from the politization of the disease, many independent physicians have lost their practices as well. American entrepreneurship in medicine is another casualty of the government's response to COVID-19. What survives the crisis is a Big Business/Big Government cluster of health care delivery "systems" where doctors can find safe harbor. Older doctors who remember when hard work...

It's coming up on Halloween and we have our annual Halloween story. Our protagonist had been suspicious of her sister's new boyfriend. Perhaps it was because of his penchant for pink, lacy panties. It was when he turned up wearing a burka at her Halloween party that all hell broke loose. Two TV Reviews: "Private Practice" is ABC's answer to Marcus Welby of yore. And darn if "Dirty, Sexy Money" doesn't catch this Blogger's interest. Donald Sutherland leads a clan of rich kids. Right now he's trying to figure out which kid isn't his, thanks to his cheating wife.