Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men as well as women are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts.

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

Civil and political rights are critical but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

Marriage is a lot of things - a source of love security the joy of children but it's also an interpersonal battlefield and it's not hard to see why: Take two disparate people toss them together in often-confined quarters add the stresses of money and kids - now lather rinse repeat for the rest of your natural life. What could go wrong?