Texas and Toonces Win Again

2003's Proposition 12, which capped non-economic damages in malpractice lawsuits at $250,000, has been so effective in attracting doctors as to create a certification backlog for the Texas Medical Board.

This should say a few things to the United States and to those lucky few who have set down fairly strong roots here.
1. If you're having a doctor shortage (Hi Massachusetts!), try a little tort reform.
2. Texas, and more specifically Houston, may have my heart and residence for long periods to come. Toonces, you and your soon-to-be permanent whisky (yay bourbon) dick will have a fraternal bond to immoral prescriptioning.
3. Doctors need to get paid. Duh.
4. Texas wins again.

Oh, a fun Slate article on the distinct aroma of burnt human.

Bass' chili begins its two-day gestation this evening. In honor of artificially intimate disclosure of ages past, he plans to make Mississippi Mud the the broth beer of choice.