The Jim Henson Company have announced a planned sequel to The Dark Crystal. I’m not sure this is really necessary, but I guess it was greenlighted in part because of the original’s consistently strong video sales. I’ll reserve fanboy judgment until I see the actual film.
I had my second-to-last Fellows meeting today. It was a conference on–wait for it–Social Security. One thing that struck me as I was listening to the panel discussions was that every speaker pointed out that addressing SS’s solvency issues will be a Sunday stroll in the park compared to fixing our health care system. When you get down to it, the choices for making Social Security solvent aren’t that many. You can either raise taxes, cut benefits, or a combination of both. And when the politicos finally do get serious about SS, they probably will both raise revenues and cut benefits. But if we can’t fix SS, there’s no way we’re ever going to get a handle on the multi-headed hydra that is health care.
One of the speakers also said that if you want to assure yourself job security, you should go into health policy. To which I say, Score!
