Some wiseacre once said that only death and taxes are certain in this life. Except of course, it’s not certain who said it first. Some less patriotic folk claim Daniel Defoe was first out of the starting blocks in 1726, while the true Americans claim it for Benjamin Franklin in 1817. No matter who may have the right of it, the modern reality is that, in these times of greater sexual equality, we should probably add childbirth to the list and ask an insurance actuary to calculate the probability of all such accidents of nature.… Continue Reading
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