One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart.

Therefore in the chart at right I have changed all the company names to letters.

When they stop in the middle of an aisle for what seems like an eternity, I sometimes imagine popping them in the head with a kiwi.

On some days, it is the only substantial communication between us, because our kids have an uncanny knack of interrupting all of our conversations.

The idea that all this can be reduced to money - that doctors are just "providers" selling services to health care "consumers" - is, well, sickening.