I am amused that after all the dire warnings about how we would shrivel up in the heat (and make no mistake, it's been hot since we moved down, one of the hottest Junes on record) but since it's been Heat Wave Central up north it's been (relatively- 80s) cool and rainy down here.

Rewatching The Wedding Job which I do believe is my favorite Leverage episode.

grammar question:

...., the rising cost of healthcare and healthcare spending has been on the forefront of political and economic agendas...

That should "have" not "has" right? This is my boss's dissertation proposal, and her advisors have read it, so I am questioning myself.

I think has is right -- the rising cost has been on the forefront.

Sophia, yes, because you have two subjects there -- cost of healthcare and healthcare spending.

Fight! Fight!

I dunno. But since 'cost' is singular it seems to me 'has' is correct.

Oh, I was reading it the way Jesse was: the rising cost of [healthcare and healthcare spending]. But I guess that doesn't make sense.

I'm reading it as two separate things. If she means the rising cost of both things, then "has" would be correct, and she might recast the sentence a bit for clarity. But I'm not sure how you get a rising "cost" of spending.

Oh, I was reading it the way Jesse was: the rising cost of [healthcare and healthcare spending]. But I guess that doesn't make sense.

Exactly the train of thought I was just heading down... Is it the cost of healthcare spending? Hmmm.

I say re-write the sentence! (I know it's too late...)

Oh- I think they were reading it like Jesse, and I was reading it like Amy! The whole sentence is a bit of a mess grammatically.

I say re-write the sentence! (I know it's too late...)

I think she should, to, and she did ask me to read it, but it is her opening sentence and I am sure she has slaved over it!