Advice & Dissent

Jul16

Swine flu could be AS BAD as seasonal flu, says UK "worst-case" scenario

What? Not vastly worse? Not somewhat worse? Not worse at all?Read More
Jul15

Embryonic Stem Cells "Cure" only Lack of Wealth

The Obama administration has opened the floodgates on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, which advocates insist have the potential to cure virtually every malady from Parkinsonism to piles. Maybe. But paraplegics shouldn't post their wheelchairs on EBay just yet…Read More
Jul13

Stem cell research "banned," says U.S. News

"President Barack Obama will lift the eight-year ban on embryonic stem cell research on Monday, the White House has announced." So wrote Amanda Gardner for a Healthday item that ran in U.S. News & World Report under the headline "Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday." Meanwhile…Read More
Jul2

CDC Swine Flu Histrionics

The CDC is sayingU.S. demand for swine flu vaccine could reach 600 million doses. "That's in case two doses are required for children and adults under 50, CDC representatives said," according to CNN. Really? If people over 50 didn't need two doses, then that would be more…Read More
Jun30

Well, Goodbye Mary Lou (Forbes)

Mary Lou Forbes, an institution, an editor, and a friend, is gone. She died of cancer at age 83 and worked until the end. I was her colleague when I worked at the Washington Times in 1987, where I also had the privilege of working with the late, great Tony Snow, who died of…Read More
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