Hi Earl,

> And it will be a few months before we can read the responses to the 
> article
> and the Nov. 2009 letter from Wilper defending the article, so I don't 
> know
> what the published reactions were from other presumably highly educated
> people.  So, no, I don't dismiss it out of hand.

I'm glad to see you changed your position.

> I don't doubt their education, but I also try to avoid blindly following
> people just because they are considered "experts." 
Especially when they
> publish articles that include political claims such as the belief that
> everyone has a RIGHT to medical care, and when two of them co-found an
> organization to lobby for a single-payer system.

You doubt that people who teach at Harvard are educated?  That's an 
interesting point of view.  It's difficult to become a professor at Harvard. 
One must have the correct credentials which usually involves a PhD or at 
least a Masters degree if one is teaching undergrads. Furthermore, online 
degrees and diployma mills don't count, the HR department at Harvard takes 
these things seriously and a complex background check is done on every 
faculty member.  So - to make a blanket statement like that demonstrates 
your experience with Universities in general.  And nobody suggested you were 
blindly doing anything, that was your over-reaction to the post.

You mentioned the 'right' to medical care.  You have a right to the fire 
department when your house catches on fire.  You have the right to eat.  You 
have the right to enjoy your family.  You have the right to medical care. 
By your post, one would assume that you are saying one doesn't have the 
right to medical care.  I don't assume anything, so I ask you for a simple - 
yes or no - clarification please.  If the answer is no, I'd be interested in 
knowing why you believe people don't have the right to medical care.

Shannon 

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