(Sheldon Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, was the most recent New York lawmaker to be convicted
of corruption; his
trial ended last week, in a courthouse
opposite the location
of the Skeloses»
trial.)
The Biggest Loser is totally the
opposite of a clinical
trial — specifically selected to find those who can most readily lose massive amounts
of weight — but it's good to see that
end of the disease distribution.