What do you get when you combine the worst economic downturn since the Depression with the first black president? A surge of white racial resentment, loosely disguised as a populist revolt. It’s funny, but so many of the “populist uprisings” … Read More
As part of a series on the impact of distractions on driving the NY Times has revealed that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration withheld data showing the risks of cellphone usage for fear of ‘angering Congress’. Ask yourself how … Read More
The FDA has begun to further restrict the painkiller Acetaminophen due to issues with liver damage. It’s not that it’s dangerous in normal dosages but that it’s in so many products that accidental overdosage is far too easy. The danger … Read More
Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis was forced to turn away patients when the computer system went down. While it’s disturbing that a major metro hospital wouldn’t have things like backup power and fallback measures, it’s even more disturbing that the paperwork … Read More
Let’s say you’re a major eye care company that, thanks to sloppy research and corporate coverups, exposed thousands of people to a potentially blinding fungal infection known as Fusarium keratitis. Would you go out of your way to help those … Read More
A study of the lungs of people who don’t smoke but grew up in a household where people did have lungs that show changes similar to early stage emphysema. They’re healthy but there are concerns over their future health. This … Read More
It’s quite possible I’m immune to swine flu, depending on whether or not the immunization lasts that long. Poor President Ford, he was lampooned on SNL for just about everything he did, including this. We all laughed at Chevy Chase … Read More
Steve Jobs attributes his weight loss to a hormone imbalance. It still won’t end the speculation, of course.
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