Monthly Archives: April 2009

Medical Tourism

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 6th April 2009

The NY Times recently published a story about medical tourism. You can read it for yourself. What’s most interesting about the phenomenon and what’s not mentioned specifically is that it is an attempt to establish market economics in medical care. Note again that health care is a terrible misnomer that distracts attention from the real…


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The Recordings of Enrico Caruso 1914 – 1916

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 3rd April 2009

Caruso’s first recording in 1914 was the only one he ever made with his great coeval Titta Ruffo. Allegedly, they also recorded the first act duet from La Gioconda at the same session, but destroyed the matrix before it could be released. Why, if the story is true, the recording was axed is unknown Caruso…


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